Illustration: In a small Japanese tailoring shop, a tailor gently loops a measuring tape around a customer’s bare neck above the open collar of an undershirt. The customer raises their chin far more than necessary, looking solemnly at the ceiling, while the tailor smiles and steadies the tape.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

首くび

kubi

neck

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは太ふとい首くびをしている。

    He has a thick neck.

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  2. 首くびを寝違ねちがえました。

    I woke up with a crick in my neck.

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  3. その首くびと頭部とうぶはとてもやわらかかった。

    Its neck and head were very soft.

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Kanji in 首

  • 首neck; counter for songs and poemsOnシュKunくび

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