"首を洗って待つ" meaning in Japanese

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "洗う",
        "2": "あらう",
        "3": "to wash"
      },
      "expansion": "洗(あら)う (arau, “to wash”)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "首",
        "3": "を",
        "4": "洗って",
        "5": "待つ",
        "t1": "neck",
        "t3": "-te form of 洗(あら)う (arau</span>, “to wash”)",
        "t4": "to wait",
        "tr1": "kubi",
        "tr2": "wo",
        "tr3": "aratte",
        "tr4": "matsu"
      },
      "expansion": "首 (kubi, “neck”) + を (wo) + 洗って (aratte, “-te form of 洗(あら)う (arau, “to wash”)”) + 待つ (matsu, “to wait”)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Idiomatic expression consisting of 首 (kubi, “neck”) + を (wo) + 洗って (aratte, “-te form of 洗(あら)う (arau, “to wash”)”) + 待つ (matsu, “to wait”), literally \"to wash one's neck and wait (to be beheaded)\"",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待つ",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "首",
          "くび"
        ],
        [
          "洗",
          "あら"
        ],
        [
          "待",
          "ま"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte matsu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待ち",
      "roman": "kubi o aratte machi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "首",
          "くび"
        ],
        [
          "洗",
          "あら"
        ],
        [
          "待",
          "ま"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待った",
      "roman": "kubi o aratte matta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "首",
          "くび"
        ],
        [
          "洗",
          "あら"
        ],
        [
          "待",
          "ま"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-tsu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待た",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte mata",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待ち",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまち",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte machi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待つ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte matsu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待て",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte mate",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待たれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまたれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte matareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待たせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待たす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまたせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまたす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte mataseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte matasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待てる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまてる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte materu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待とう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまとう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte matō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待たない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまたない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte matanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待たず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまたず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte matazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待ちます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまちます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte machimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte matta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte matte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待てば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまてば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte mateba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "くび を あらって まつ",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "首(くび)を洗(あら)って待(ま)つ • (kubi o aratte matsu) godan (stem 首(くび)を洗(あら)って待(ま)ち (kubi o aratte machi), past 首(くび)を洗(あら)って待(ま)った (kubi o aratte matta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It must be miserable to let you die by doing nothing as it is.",
          "roman": "Kono mama nani mo shinaide kubi o aratte matte dake tte iu no mo kawaisō da na.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "何",
              "なに"
            ],
            [
              "首",
              "くび"
            ],
            [
              "洗",
              "あら"
            ],
            [
              "待",
              "ま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "このまま何もしないで首を洗って待ってだけっていうのもかわいそうだな。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to wait for one's punishment, to wait and see"
      ],
      "id": "en-首を洗って待つ-ja-verb-W0V7fyKm",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to wait for one's punishment, to wait and see"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kɯ̟ᵝbʲi o̞ a̠ɾa̠t̚te̞ ma̠t͡sɨᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "首を洗って待つ"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "洗う",
        "2": "あらう",
        "3": "to wash"
      },
      "expansion": "洗(あら)う (arau, “to wash”)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "首",
        "3": "を",
        "4": "洗って",
        "5": "待つ",
        "t1": "neck",
        "t3": "-te form of 洗(あら)う (arau</span>, “to wash”)",
        "t4": "to wait",
        "tr1": "kubi",
        "tr2": "wo",
        "tr3": "aratte",
        "tr4": "matsu"
      },
      "expansion": "首 (kubi, “neck”) + を (wo) + 洗って (aratte, “-te form of 洗(あら)う (arau, “to wash”)”) + 待つ (matsu, “to wait”)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Idiomatic expression consisting of 首 (kubi, “neck”) + を (wo) + 洗って (aratte, “-te form of 洗(あら)う (arau, “to wash”)”) + 待つ (matsu, “to wait”), literally \"to wash one's neck and wait (to be beheaded)\"",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待つ",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "首",
          "くび"
        ],
        [
          "洗",
          "あら"
        ],
        [
          "待",
          "ま"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte matsu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待ち",
      "roman": "kubi o aratte machi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "首",
          "くび"
        ],
        [
          "洗",
          "あら"
        ],
        [
          "待",
          "ま"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待った",
      "roman": "kubi o aratte matta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "首",
          "くび"
        ],
        [
          "洗",
          "あら"
        ],
        [
          "待",
          "ま"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-tsu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待た",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte mata",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待ち",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまち",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte machi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待つ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte matsu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待て",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte mate",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待たれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまたれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte matareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待たせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待たす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまたせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまたす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte mataseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte matasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待てる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまてる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte materu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待とう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまとう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte matō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待たない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまたない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte matanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待たず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまたず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte matazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待ちます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまちます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte machimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte matta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte matte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "首を洗って待てば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "くびをあらってまてば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kubi o aratte mateba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "くび を あらって まつ",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "首(くび)を洗(あら)って待(ま)つ • (kubi o aratte matsu) godan (stem 首(くび)を洗(あら)って待(ま)ち (kubi o aratte machi), past 首(くび)を洗(あら)って待(ま)った (kubi o aratte matta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese compound terms",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese idioms",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese terms written with three Han script characters",
        "Japanese type 1 verbs",
        "Japanese verbs",
        "Japanese verbs without transitivity"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It must be miserable to let you die by doing nothing as it is.",
          "roman": "Kono mama nani mo shinaide kubi o aratte matte dake tte iu no mo kawaisō da na.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "何",
              "なに"
            ],
            [
              "首",
              "くび"
            ],
            [
              "洗",
              "あら"
            ],
            [
              "待",
              "ま"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "このまま何もしないで首を洗って待ってだけっていうのもかわいそうだな。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to wait for one's punishment, to wait and see"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to wait for one's punishment, to wait and see"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kɯ̟ᵝbʲi o̞ a̠ɾa̠t̚te̞ ma̠t͡sɨᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "首を洗って待つ"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "首を洗って待つ"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "首を洗って待つ",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "首を洗って待つ"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "首を洗って待つ",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "首を洗って待つ"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "首を洗って待つ",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "首を洗って待つ"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "首を洗って待つ",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "首を洗って待つ"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "首を洗って待つ",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "首を洗って待つ"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "首を洗って待つ",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "首を洗って待つ"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "首を洗って待つ",
  "trace": ""
}