Vocabulary

What does 首をかしげる (くびをかしげる) mean?

首をかしげる (くびをかしげる) means to tilt one’s head in doubt or puzzlement (lit. to incline one’s neck).

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首をかしげるくびをかしげる

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to tilt one’s head in doubt or puzzlement (lit. to incline one’s neck)

Example sentences

彼(かれ)の不自然(ふしぜん)な説明(せつめい)に、周囲(しゅうい)の人(ひと)は思(おも)わず首(くび)をかしげた。
People around him could not help tilting their heads in doubt at his unnatural explanation.