首根っこ

Reading

Kana: くびねっこ

Romaji: kubinekko

Definition

noun

1

the scruff or nape of the neck

Kanji

首

Readings: シュ、 くび

Meanings: neck, counter for songs and poems

根

Readings: コン、 ね、 -ね

Meanings: root, radical, head (pimple)

Example Sentence

刑事(けいじ)の一(いち)人(にん)が彼(かれ)の首根(くびね)っこをつかんだ。

➥One of the detectives seized him by the neck.