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縛り首 (しばりくび) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

縛しばり首くび

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

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noun

hanging; death by hanging

Refers to execution or death by hanging, often with a rope around the neck. The word itself is neutral but the act is severe.

昔むかし、罪ざい人にんに縛しばり首くびの刑けいが科かされることがあった。
In the past, criminals were sometimes sentenced to death by hanging.

縛しば

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首くび

は

公こう

開かい

処しょ

刑けい

の

一ひと

つ

だっ

た

。

Hanging was one form of public execution.

Kanji

縛truss, arrest, bind
首neck, counter for songs and poems

Similar words

絞こう首しゅ刑けい
絞首刑 is the formal legal term for execution by hanging, while 縛り首 is a more colloquial or historical expression.
首くび吊つり
首吊り often refers to suicide by hanging or the act of hanging oneself, whereas 縛り首 typically implies execution or punishment.

Etymology

Compound of 縛り (shibari, 'binding') and 首 (kubi, 'neck'), literally 'binding the neck'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word clearly describes the method of execution.