首吊り

くびつり

Also written 首つり, 首釣り

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive hanging oneself; person who hanged themselves

Kanji

• 首 neck. Read as くび.
• 吊 suspend. Read as つる.

Example sentences

• 泥棒にロープを十分に与えれば、彼は首吊りをするであろう。
  Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself.
• 彼は首つり自殺した。
  He hanged himself.

Words containing 首吊り

• 首吊り自殺 (くびつりじさつ) suicide by hanging

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