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#1,002
Common N4
Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    neck
    Its neck and head were very soft.
  2. 2
    English · JMdict
    head
    The bird dipped its head into the water.
  3. 3
    English · JMdict
    dismissal (from a job); firing; sacking
    Your job hangs by a thread.
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#160,517
Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. English · JMdict
    head
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Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    office; official
    usu. ,
  2. 2
    English · JMdict
    chief; head
  3. 3
    English · JMdict
    person (usually a woman) who officiates at religious ceremonies (on the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa)
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#4,176

Inflections of 頷く

Common
Pitch accent
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    to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
    I nodded to show that I agreed.
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#5,150

Inflections of 首を振る

Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. English · JMdict
    to shake one's head
    He shook his head as if to say No.
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#5,593
Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. English · JMdict
    nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
    A trickle of blood ran down his neck.
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#10,737

Inflections of 首をかしげる

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  1. English · JMdict
    to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
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#6,473

Inflections of 首を横に振る

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Meaning
  1. English · JMdict
    to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
    For some reason or another she shook her head.
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#41,038

Inflections of くびになる

Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed
    To make a long story short, he was fired.
  2. 2
    English · JMdict
    to be beheaded
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#10,498

Inflections of 首を突っ込む

Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to meddle in
    She is curious about anything.
  2. 2
    English · JMdict
    to poke one's head (into a room)
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#12,036

Inflections of 首を縦に振る

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Meaning
  1. English · JMdict
    to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
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