くびきり

Japanese

Alternative spellings
首切り
首斬り

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) くびきり [kùbíkírí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) くびきり [kùbíkíríꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟bʲikʲiɾʲi]

Noun

くびきり • (kubikiri) ←くびきり (kubikiri)?

  1. decapitation as a method of execution
    Synonym: 斬罪 (zanzai)
  2. dismissal from one's post
  3. a small sword used by samurai for cutting off heads of opponents

References

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