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首切り

首斬り

Reading

Kana: くびきり
Romaji: kubikiri
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

decapitation; beheading

Note: sensitive
2

firings; dismissals; layoffs; downsizing

3

small samurai sword used for decapitation

Kanji

Readings: シュ、 くび
Meanings: neck, counter for songs and poems
Readings: セツ、 サイ、 き.る、 -き.る、 き.り、 -き.り、 -ぎ.り、 き.れる、 -き.れる、 き.れ、 -き.れ、 -ぎ.れ
Meanings: cut, cutoff, be sharp
Readings: ザン、 サン、 セン、 ゼン、 き.る
Meanings: beheading, kill, murder

Example Sentences

オーナーたちは組合(くみあい)のシンパを(いち)(にん)(のこ)らず解雇(かいこ)するために首切(くびき)(やく)投入(とうにゅう)した。
➥The owners brought in a hatchet man to fire all the union sympathizers.
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(てい)賃金(ちんぎん)劣悪(れつあく)労働(ろうどう)条件(じょうけん)一方的(いっぽうてき)首切(くびき)りなどの経済(けいざい)労働(ろうどう)問題(もんだい)はもとより、各種(かくしゅ)人道的(じんどうてき)問題(もんだい)までも()()こしている。
➥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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