襟首

えりくび

nape of neck

空を掴む

くうをつかむ そらをつかむ

to grasp at the air

コツを掴む

こつをつかむ コツをつかむ

to get the hang of, to learn the secret to

掴む

つかむ

to seize, to catch, to grasp, to grip, to grab, to hold, to catch hold of, to lay one's hands on, to clutch

藁をも掴む

わらをもつかむ

to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

尻尾を掴む

しっぽをつかむ

to have something on someone, to catch someone out, to trip someone up, to have evidence, to get a lead

証拠を掴む

しょうこをつかむ

to obtain evidence

胸ぐらを掴む

むなぐらをつかむ

to grab someone by the collar, to grab someone by the lapels

引っ掴む

ひっつかむ

to snatch (at), to grab

首を突っ込む

くびをつっこむ

to poke one's nose into another's affairs, to have a hand in, to take a (deep) interest in, to meddle in

襟を正す

えりをただす

to straighten oneself, to straighten one's clothes and one's posture, to adopt a more serious attitude

襟

えり

collar, lapel, neckband, neck

掴み

つかみ

grip

胸襟を開く

きょうきんをひらく

to be frank, to speak one's mind, to open one's heart, to have a heart-to-heart talk (with someone)

溺れる者は藁をも掴む

おぼれるものはわらをもつかむ

a drowning man will clutch at a straw

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