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    3. 首を洗って待つ

    首を洗って待つ

    首くびを​洗あらっ​て​待まつ​

    to wait for one's punishment

    NTVerbEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab33 strokes

    くびをあらってまつ

    Verb

    1.
    to wait for one's punishment, to wait before one gets what's coming to one, to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)
    idiomatic expression

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    Characters that make up this word

    首
    くび…(4)
    neck・counter for songs and poems
    Kanji
    洗
    あら.う…(3)
    wash・inquire into・probe
    Kanji
    待
    ま.つ・-ま.ち…(3)
    wait・depend on
    Kanji
    を
    wo
    Kana
    っ
    small tsu
    Kana
    て
    te
    Kana
    つ
    tsu
    Kana
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