首切り
首斬り
Reading
Kana:
くびきり
Romaji:
kubikiri
Definitions
1
decapitation; beheading
Note:
sensitive
2
firings; dismissals; layoffs; downsizing
3
small samurai sword used for decapitation
Example Sentences
オーナーたちは組合 のシンパを一 人 残 らず解雇 するために首切 り役 を投入 した。
➥The owners brought in a hatchet man to fire all the union sympathizers.
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➥Of course, they are suffering from terrible working conditions such as low wages and arbitrary layoffs, as well as from various forms of discrimination.
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