Dictionary / Vocabulary / 首級
しゅきゅう · also しるし
decapitated head of an enemy
Also written 首
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.