生なま首くび

noun

freshly severed head

Refers specifically to a head that has just been cut off, often in historical or violent contexts. Not used for a living head or a skull.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だいの絵えには、生なま首くびが描えがかれていることがある。

  Paintings from the Warring States period sometimes depict freshly severed heads.