noun
Refers to the practice of collecting the heads of dead enemies as trophies, historically associated with certain tribal or warrior cultures. Also used metaphorically in modern contexts like corporate headhunting.
首狩りは一部の部族社会で行われていた風習だ。
Headhunting was a custom practiced in some tribal societies.
彼は外資系企業に首狩りされた。
He was headhunted by a foreign-affiliated company.
Abbreviated kanji spelling without okurigana; less common but still seen.
首切り means beheading or firing someone from a job, while 首狩り specifically refers to headhunting as a trophy-taking practice or modern recruitment.
Compound of 首 (kubi, 'head') and 狩り (kari, 'hunting'). The reading くびがり is standard; くびかり is a less common variant.