思案投首

思案投げ首

Reading

Kana: しあんなげくび

Romaji: shiannagekubi

Definition

noun

1

being at one's wit's end; being (quite) at a loss (what to do)

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

思

Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す

Meaning: think

案

Readings: アン、 つくえ

Meanings: plan, suggestion, draft, ponder, fear, proposition, idea, expectation, worry, table, bench

投

Readings: トウ、 な.げる、 -な.げ

Meanings: throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss

首

Readings: シュ、 くび

Meanings: neck, counter for songs and poems