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    縛り首

    縛しばり​首くび

    (death by) hanging

    KMT8News #21+1NounDaily LifeKanji Vocab27 strokes

    しばりくび

    Noun

    1.
    (death by) hanging

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    昔むかしの物ものが語たりには、縛しばり首くびの刑けいが登とう場じょうします。

    In old stories, the punishment of hanging appears.

    KMT7HistoryLiterature
    その罪ざい人にんは縛しばり首くびに処しょされた。

    The criminal was executed by hanging.

    KMT8HistoryPolitics & Law
    現げん代だい社しゃ会かいでは縛しばり首くびのような残ざん酷こくな刑けい罰ばつは廃はい止しされています。

    In modern society, cruel punishments like hanging have been abolished.

    KMT8Politics & LawDaily Life
    昔むかしのヨーロッパでは、縛しばり首くびは公こう開かい処しょ刑けいとして行おこなわれることが多おおかった。

    In old Europe, hanging was often carried out as a public execution.

    KMT8HistoryCulture & Traditions
    彼かれは縛しばり首くびの寸すん前ぜんで恩おん赦しゃを受うけ、命いのち拾びろいをした。

    He received a pardon just before being hanged and was saved.

    KMT9HistoryPolitics & Law

    Characters that make up this word

    縛
    しば.る…(1)
    truss・arrest・bind・tie・restrain
    Kanji
    首
    くび…(4)
    neck・counter for songs and poems
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
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