くびきり

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
首切り
首斬り

Etymology

From 首(くび) (kubi) + 切(き)り (kiri, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 切(き)る (kiru).).

Pronunciation

Noun

くびきり • (kubikiri) ←くびきり (kubikiri)?

  1. Decapitation as a method of execution.
  2. Dismissal from one's post.
  3. A small sword used by samurai for cutting off heads of opponents.

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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