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

首を絞める

くびをしめる

to wring the neck, to strangle

首が絞まる

くびがしまる

to have one's neck wrung

絞

death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)

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

真綿で首を絞める

まわたでくびをしめる

to drag things out, to creep up slowly on the point, to strangle (execute) slowly with a silk cord (instead of quickly with a rope)

首

おびと おひと おうと かしら くび クビ しゅ

counter for songs and poems

絞殺

こうさつ

strangulation, strangling

絞刑

こうけい

death by hanging

絞る

しぼる

to squeeze (fruit to extract juice), to press, to extract, to milk, to express milk

絞扼

こうやく

constriction

絞死

こうし

death by strangulation; ligature strangulation

絞罪

こうざい しぼつみ

execution by hanging, hanging

絞り

しぼり

tye-dye, tye-dyeing

絞縄

こうじょう

hangman's noose; halter; rope to hang a criminal

首鼠

しゅそ

being unable to make up one's mind, sitting on the fence

首座

しゅざ しゅそ

seat of honor, seat of honour, head of the table, head