首をかしげる – Vocabulary details

首くびをかしげる

Expression

Verb (1-dan)

1. to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

わたしも同おなじように首くびを傾かしげた。I also tilted my head in the same way.

neck

neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing

to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant

to look slightly doubtful; to look puzzled; (lit.) to bend one's head slightly to one side

こっちも同おなじく首くびをかしげる。

I tilt my head in puzzlement as well.

男だん子し勢ぜいは首くびをかしげていた。

The boys were tilting their heads in puzzlement.

彼かの女じょは首くびをかしげ加か減げんに聞きいた。

She asked with her head slightly tilted.

けれども、その子こはきょとんと首くびをかしげて、こう言いった。

However, the child tilted their head in puzzlement and said this.

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