首が飛ぶ
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 首 | 飛 |
| くび Grade: 2 |
と Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi | |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɯ̟bʲi ɡa̠ to̞bɯ̟]
Verb
首が飛ぶ • (kubi ga tobu) intransitive godan (stem 首が飛び (kubi ga tobi), past 首が飛んだ (kubi ga tonda))
- (idiomatic) be dismissed from employment against one's wishes, be fired or sacked; heads will roll
- 2025 August 7, “中日春秋”, in 中日新聞 [Chunichi Shimbun], 朝刊（市民版） [Nagoya morning] edition, number 29697, page 1:
- 世界一の大国は為政者の気に入らぬ統計が出たら担当者のクビが飛ぶ国に墜ちたのか。
- Sekai ichi no ōkoku wa iseisha no ki ni iranu tōkei ga detara tantōsha no kubi ga tobu kuni ni ochita no ka.
- Has the world's greatest power declined into a nation where officials are fired if statistics that the government doesn't like are released?
Conjugation
Conjugation of "首が飛ぶ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 首が飛ば | くびがとば | kubi ga toba |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 首が飛び | くびがとび | kubi ga tobi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 首が飛ぶ | くびがとぶ | kubi ga tobu |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 首が飛ぶ | くびがとぶ | kubi ga tobu |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 首が飛べ | くびがとべ | kubi ga tobe |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 首が飛べ | くびがとべ | kubi ga tobe |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 首が飛ばれる | くびがとばれる | kubi ga tobareru |
| Causative | 首が飛ばせる 首が飛ばす |
くびがとばせる くびがとばす |
kubi ga tobaseru kubi ga tobasu |
| Potential | 首が飛べる | くびがとべる | kubi ga toberu |
| Volitional | 首が飛ぼう | くびがとぼう | kubi ga tobō |
| Negative | 首が飛ばない | くびがとばない | kubi ga tobanai |
| Negative continuative | 首が飛ばず | くびがとばず | kubi ga tobazu |
| Formal | 首が飛びます | くびがとびます | kubi ga tobimasu |
| Perfective | 首が飛んだ | くびがとんだ | kubi ga tonda |
| Conjunctive | 首が飛んで | くびがとんで | kubi ga tonde |
| Hypothetical conditional | 首が飛べば | くびがとべば | kubi ga tobeba |