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Pronunciation
なぜ トム が 自分( じぶん ) の 首( くび ) を 絞める( しめる ) こと を
なぜ が () (prt) (positive sentence end) I dare say; (negative sentence end) though, honestly [EDICT] () (suf,v5r) (1) to feel (on adj-stem to represent a third party's apparent emotion); (2) to behave as if one were [EDICT] () (n) scree [EDICT] () (adv-to) (1) (on-mim) thump; thud (dull sound representing something being hit); (2) severe; difficult; hard [EDICT] (我) (n) (1) {Buddh} obstinacy; (2) atman; the self; the ego [EDICT] (画) (n) picture; drawing; painting; sketch [EDICT] (蛾) (n) moth [EDICT] (賀) (n) (See 賀の祝) congratulation [EDICT] (雅) (n,adj-na) (1) (ant [EDICT] 自分 (じぶん) (pn,adj-no) (1) myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; (2) I; me; (P) [EDICT] の () (prt) endorsing and questioning the preceding statement (sentence ending particle); lamenting reflections on the preceding statement (sentence ending particle) [EDICT] () (prt) (1) although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; (2) while; (3) if only; I wish; (4) I tell you; you should do; (5) in order to; (P) [EDICT] () (suf,prt) (literary equiv. of だけ) only; nothing but; (P) [EDICT] () (n) (See スラグ) slag [EDICT] (乃) (prt) (1) (uk) (occasionally ん) indicates possessive; (2) verb and adjective nominalizer (nominaliser); (3) substituting for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (4) (often ん) indicates a confident conclusion; (5) emotional emphasis (sentence end) (fem); (6) indicates question (sentence end); (P) [EDICT] (之) (prt) (arch) possessive (used on tombs, etc.) [EDICT] (幅) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT] (布) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT] (箆) (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) [EDICT] (篦) (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) [EDICT] 首 (くび) คอ (อวัยวะ) [LongdoJP] (つかさ) (n) (1) (arch) (usu. 官,司,寮) office; official; (2) (usu. 首,長) chief; head [EDICT] (おびと;おひと;おうと) (n) (arch) (See 姓・かばね) Obito (hereditary title, often given to powerful regional families) [EDICT] (しゅ) (ctr) counter for songs and poems [EDICT] (くび(P);クビ) (n) (1) neck; (2) head; (3) unemployed person; (P) [EDICT] (しゅきゅう(首級);しるし) (n) decapitated head of an enemy [EDICT] (あたま(頭)(P);かしら(P);かぶり(頭);こうべ;ず(頭);つむり(頭);つぶり(頭);つむ(頭);かぶ(頭)(ok)) (n) (1) head; (2) (あたま only) mind; brain; intellect; (3) (あたま, かしら only) top; (4) (あたま, かしら only) hair (on one's head); (5) (つむり only) bangs; fringe; (6) (かしら only) top structural component of a kanji; (P) [EDICT] (shǒu, ㄕㄡˇ ) head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc [CE-DICT] を () (prt) (arch) (See を) marks object of action, etc. (also adds emphasis) [EDICT] 絞める (しめる) (v1,vt) to strangle; to constrict; (P) [EDICT] こと () (adv-to) (on-mim) clunk; thump [EDICT] (古都) (n) ancient city; former capital; (P) [EDICT] (糊塗) (n,vs) covering up; glossing over [EDICT]
