首を洗って待つ

くびをあらってまつ

to wait for one's punishment; to wait before one gets what's coming to one; to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)

鶴首して待つ

かくしゅしてまつ

to wait expectantly, to wait with a craned (outstretched) neck

ろくろっ首

ろくろっくび

rokurokubi, long-neck woman, monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)

を巡って

をめぐって

in regard to, concerning (usu. of disputes)

って

て

casual quoting particle

身をもって

みをもって

with one's own body, by one's own action, through one's own experience, firsthand

先を争って

さきをあらそって

fighting to be first, scrambling to take the lead

日を追って

ひをおって

daily, day by day

後を慕って

あとをしたって ごをしたって

following (a person to a place)

順を追って

じゅんをおって

in order, from start to end

何てったって

なんてったって

no matter what; whatever you say; in the end

寄って集って

よってたかって

forming a crowd, ganging up on, joining forces against

素っ首

そっくび

head

そっ首

そっくび

head

首っ玉

くびったま

the neck

首を長くして

くびをながくして

looking forward, expectantly, eagerly

待った

まった

backsies (called when taking back a move in a game)

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

なんてったって

no matter what, whatever you say, in the end