刎ふん頸けい

noun

decapitation; beheading

Literary or historical term for cutting off the head. Often appears in the set phrase 刎頸の交わり (friendship so deep one would risk decapitation for the other).

• 「刎ふん頸けいの交まじわり」という言こと葉ばは、命いのちを懸かけた友ゆう情じょうを表あらわす。

  The phrase 刎頸の交わり expresses a friendship for which one would risk one's life.