首くびを吊つる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

hang oneself; hang by the neck

Refers to suicide by hanging or, less commonly, to hanging someone else. The phrase is a fixed expression using 首 (neck) and 吊る (to hang).

• 彼かれは絶ぜつ望ぼうして首くびを吊つった。

  He hanged himself in despair.

• 首くびを吊つるなんて考かんがえてはいけない。

  You mustn't think of hanging yourself.