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- Reading and JLPT level
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首になる
- Kana Reading
- くびになる
- Romaji
- kubininaru
- Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with `ru' ending
- Meaning
- to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed
- Example sentence
- そのろくでなしどもはクビになりましたよ。 Those good-for-nothing layabouts were sacked.
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Examples of 首になる, くびになる in a sentence
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そのろくでなしどもはクビになりましたよ。
Those good-for-nothing layabouts were sacked.
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He got the sack for slacking off at work.
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The long and the short of it is that I was fired.
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She was fired on the grounds that she was often absent.
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He was fired for stealing.
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He was fired on the grounds that he was lazy.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 首になる
- Plain Polite
- 首になります
- Negative
- 首にならない
- Negative Polite
- 首になりません
Past
- Plain
- 首になった
- Plain Polite
- 首になりました
- Negative
- 首にならなかった
- Negative Polite
- 首になりませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 首になって
- Plain Polite
- 首になりまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 首になられる
- Plain Polite
- 首になられます
- Negative
- 首になられない
- Negative Polite
- 首になられません
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