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くびをしめる
Meanings
Expression
Verb (1-dan)
1. to wring the neck; to strangle
It looks like he was strangled after all.
Alt. forms
首くびを絞しめる
94%
首くびをしめる
5%
くびをしめる
Conjugations...Used in: 3
Composed of
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to strangle; to constrict
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
to cut one's own throat; to dig one's own grave; to cause oneself harm; to bring ruin on oneself
to cut one's own throat; to dig one's own grave; to cause oneself harm; to bring ruin on oneself
to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk
Examples (2 in total)
It looks like he was strangled after all.
Judo has techniques for strangling an opponent.