首くび実じっ検けん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

identity check; identification (of a suspect)

Modern use: confirming someone's identity, especially in police or security contexts. Often used with する.

• 警けい察さつは容よう疑ぎ者しゃの首くび実じっ検けんを行おこなった。

  The police conducted an identification of the suspect.

• 目もく撃げき者しゃが犯はん人にんを首くび実じっ検けんした。

  The witness identified the criminal.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

identification of a severed head (historical)

Historical term: a general confirming the identity of an enemy's severed head after battle. Rare in modern usage.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だい、大たい将しょうは敵てき将しょうの首くび実じっ検けんをした。

  In the Warring States period, the general identified the severed head of the enemy commander.