生首 | freshly severed head |
鶴首して待つ | to wait expectantly, to be full of anticipation, to long for |
首を括る 首をくくる | to hang oneself, to strangle oneself |
首を絞める | to wring the neck, to strangle |
首を揃える | to get together |
首章 | beginning of a book |
元首相 | former Prime Minister, former Chancellor |
首位攻防戦 | game or series of games between the first and second place teams |
首投げ | kubinage, neck (head) throw |
国家元首夫人 | first lady |
首 | counter for songs and poems |
アラブ首長国連邦 | United Arab Emirates |
借金で首が回らない 借金で首がまわらない | deep in debt |
首を突っ込む | to have a hand in, to take a (deep) interest in, to meddle in |
首記 | abovementioned item, description at beginning of (this) text or document |
閉口頓首 | being at a complete loss as to what to do, being at a loss for an answer |
鳩首協議 | put heads together and confer, convene and discuss, go into a huddle (over) |
鳩首凝議 | put heads together and confer, convene and discuss, go into a huddle (over) |
鳩首謀議 | go into a huddle (over), hold a secret conference (about), put heads together and conspire |
鳩首密議 | going into a huddle (over), holding secret (closed-door) conference (about), laying heads together in secret consultation |
首鼠両端 | sitting on the fence |
首尾貫徹 | (logical) consistency, coherence, unchanging from beginning to end |
首を垂れる | to droop (e.g. ears of grain) |
小倉百人一首 | Ogura Anthology of One Hundred Tanka by One Hundred Poets |
首巻 | first volume (of book) |
党首脳 | party leaders, party executive |
雁首をそろえる 雁首を揃える がん首をそろえる | to sit silently at a meeting |
雁首揃える 雁首そろえる がん首そろえる | to sit silently at a meeting |
国家元首 | head of a state |
鬼の首を取ったよう | triumphant (over a mediocre achievement), boastful, as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck |
首長国 | emirate, sheikdom |
首長竜 | plesiosaur |
寝首をかく 寝首を掻く | to catch someone off his guard by setting traps, to assassinate someone while he sleeps |
小首を傾げる 小首をかしげる | to look slightly doubtful |
新首相 | new prime minister |
党首討論 | question time (in the Japanese Diet) |
首相指名 | nomination to become prime minister |
首相公選制 | system allowing for election of the prime minister by popular vote |
首捻り | head-twisting throw |
素首落とし 素首落し | head chop down |