子は三界の首枷

こはさんがいのくびかせ

A child is an everlasting responsibility to parents

枷

かせ

shackles, fetters, irons, handcuffs, restraint, constraint

手枷足枷

てかせあしかせ

manacles, shackles, fetters

口枷

くちかせ

(mouth) gag, muzzle

枷蚯蚓

かせみみず

Epimenia verrucosa (mollusc)

首

おびと おひと おうと かしら くび クビ しゅ

counter for songs and poems

丸首

まるくび

round-necked (T-shirt)

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

首筋

くびすじ

nape of the neck, back of the neck, scruff of the neck

贋首

にせくび

falsified severed head

鎌首

かまくび

sickle-shaped neck (e.g. snake, praying mantis), crooked neck, gooseneck

鳩首

きゅうしゅ

going into a huddle

雁首

がんくび かりくび カリくび

(something resembling a) goose's neck

黔首

けんしゅ

the people, the masses, the public, the great unwashed

稽首

けいしゅ

bowing to the floor

首足

しゅそく

head and legs, the body

小首

こくび

head (mainly used in set phrases)

元首

げんしゅ

ruler, sovereign