首を長くして

くびをながくして

looking forward, expectantly, eagerly

首をすくめる

くびをすくめる

to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders

首長

しゅちょう

head (of organization, organisation), chief

首長竜

くびながりゅう

plesiosaur

首長国

しゅちょうこく

emirate, sheikdom

首長族

くびながぞく

Kayan people

首を吊る

くびをつる

to hang (e.g. oneself)

首を取る

くびをとる

to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off

首を振る

くびをふる

to shake one's head

首を切る

くびをきる

to fire from a job, to dismiss, to discharge

首をやる

くびをやる

to be hanged, to be struck dead, to eat one's hat

首を括る

くびをくくる

to hang oneself, to strangle oneself

寝首をかく

ねくびをかく

to cut off the head of a sleeping person, to assassinate someone while he sleeps

首を揃える

くびをそろえる

to get together

首を傾ける

くびをかたむける

to incline one's head

首を縮める

くびをちぢめる

to duck one's head

首を絞める

くびをしめる

to wring the neck, to strangle

首をひねる

くびをひねる

to cock one's head in puzzlement, to tilt one's head in contemplation, to wrack one's brain, to think hard

首を落とす

くびをおとす

to behead; to decapitate