斬ざん首しゅ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

decapitation; beheading

Refers to the act of cutting off a head, often in historical or execution contexts. Can be used as a noun or with する.

• 中ちゅう世せいでは斬ざん首しゅが公こう開かい処しょ刑けいの一ひとつだった。

  In the Middle Ages, beheading was one form of public execution.

• 罪ざい人にんは斬ざん首しゅされた。

  The criminal was decapitated.

noun

decapitated head; severed head

Refers to the head that has been cut off. Less common than the act sense.

• 戦せん場じょうには斬ざん首しゅが転ころがっていた。

  Decapitated heads lay scattered on the battlefield.