首

Meaning

1. n
   neck
2. n
   head
3. n
   dismissal (from a job); firing; sacking
4. ctr
   counter for songs and poems
5. n
   Obito (hereditary title, often given to powerful regional families)
6. n
   head (of a doll)

Example sentences

• 要するに私は首になったのだ。

  The long and the short of it is that I was fired.

• 友人は「不可能だ」と言わんばかりに首を横に振った。

  My friend shook his head as much as to say "impossible".

• 彼女は夫の首に抱きついた。

  She threw her arms around her husband's neck.