縛しばり首くび

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

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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.
縛しばり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.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を縛しばり首くびにするto execute someone by hanging
その罪ざい人にんは縛しばり首くびにされた。
The criminal was executed by hanging.
〈人ひと〉が縛しばり首くびになるto be sentenced to / suffer death by hanging
反はん逆ぎゃく者しゃは縛しばり首くびになった。
The traitor was hanged.