首を絞める

くびをしめる

to wring the neck, to strangle

自分の首を絞める

じぶんのくびをしめる

to ask for trouble, to dig your own grave, to cut your own throat

絞首

こうしゅ

hanging, strangling to death

真綿

まわた

silk floss, silk wadding

首を縮める

くびをちぢめる

to duck one's head

絞首台

こうしゅだい

gallows

絞首刑

こうしゅけい

death by hanging

絞首索

こうしゅさく

hangman's noose; halter

絞める

しめる

to strangle, to constrict

首が絞まる

くびがしまる

to have one's neck wrung

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

液を絞る

えきをしぼる

to squeeze the juice (from)

油を絞る

あぶらをしぼる

to chew out, to reprimand severely, to rake over the coals, to give a sound scolding, to tell someone off, to scold, to rebuke

的を絞る

まとをしぼる

to narrow in (on), to home in, to focus, to target

袂を絞る

たもとをしぼる

to shed many tears, to weep, to wring dry one's sleeve (which has been soaked by tears)

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