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(countable, uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).

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hanging

Source Word

hanging

IPA(Pronunciation)

countable uncountable

Japanese Meaning

首吊り―人（または自殺のために）を首にかけて殺す行為、すなわち絞首刑や首吊り自殺を意味します。

The coroner concluded that the hanging was staged to cover up a murder.

検視官は、その首吊りが殺人を隠すために仕組まれたと結論づけた。

Sense（1）

Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there.

Sense（2）

(countable) Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, or posters).

The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice.

Sense（3）

(uncountable) The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.

I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.

hangings

（ plural ）