絞刑

こうけい

death by hanging

絞首

こうしゅ

hanging, strangling to death

絞刑吏

こうけいり

hangman

斬首刑

ざんしゅけい

decapitation

絞首台

こうしゅだい

gallows

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

刑

けい

penalty, sentence, punishment

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

刑具

けいぐ

instruments of punishment

刑律

けいりつ

criminal law

刑獄

けいごく

jail, gaol, punishment

刑余

けいよ

previous conviction

極刑

きょっけい

capital punishment, extreme penalty, ultimate punishment

主刑

しゅけい

principal penalty