首を絞める

くびをしめる

to wring the neck, to strangle

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)

絞首

こうしゅ

hanging, strangling to death

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

自首

じしゅ

surrender, give oneself up

自分の分

じぶんのぶん

one's share (own)

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

自分のために

じぶんのために

for oneself, for one's own sake, on one's own account

自分で決める

じぶんできめる

to decide by oneself

自絞死

じこうし

suicidal ligature strangulation; suicide by strangulation

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)