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自分の首を絞める； 自分の首を締める [iK] ； 自分の首をしめる [sK]
【 じぶんのくびをしめる 】
1. [exp,v1] [id]
▶ to cut one's own throat
▶ to dig one's own grave
▶ to cause oneself harm
▶ to bring ruin on oneself

Conjugations


History:
10. A 2023-03-19 23:07:55  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
I don't think 自分の首をしめる needs to be visible.
  Diff: 
@@ -8 +8,2 @@
-<keb>自分の首をしめる</keb>
+<keb>自分の首を締める</keb>
+<ke_inf>&iK;</ke_inf>
@@ -11,2 +12,2 @@
-<keb>自分の首を締める</keb>
-<ke_inf>&iK;</ke_inf>
+<keb>自分の首をしめる</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
9. A 2023-03-19 01:52:53  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -19,0 +20 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>
8. A 2023-03-19 01:41:51  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
7. A* 2023-03-18 22:59:46  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
chujiten
  Comments: 
"ask for trouble" might work in certain contexts but I think the meaning/nuance is quite different from 自分の首を絞める.
  Diff: 
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@
-<gloss>to ask for trouble</gloss>
-<gloss>to dig your own grave</gloss>
-<gloss>to cut your own throat</gloss>
+<gloss>to cut one's own throat</gloss>
+<gloss>to dig one's own grave</gloss>
+<gloss>to cause oneself harm</gloss>
+<gloss>to bring ruin on oneself</gloss>
6. A 2023-03-17 22:15:32  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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