のうてん

[脳天] *crown

【C】脳天；頭， てっぺん

skullcap

【C】.

脳天
crown of head

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のうてん【脳天】

*crown

〖C〗脳天；頭， てっぺん

skullcap

〖C〗.

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のうてん【脳天】

the top [crown] of the head. [⇒あたま 1]

●その男は脳天が禿げていた. He was bald on top.

●脳天から突き抜けるような声 the kind of voice that goes right through your skull; a shrill [penetrating] voice

・脳天からどやしつけられた. I got a real going-over [thorough scolding]. | I got bawled out.

●脳天に響くような大きな音 a noise that reverberates through one's skull

・脳天に一発食らわす give sb a blow [one] on the top of the head.

●(ピストルで)自分の脳天をぶち抜く shoot one's brains out

・脳天を殴られる get hit [be pummelled, be given a blow] on (the top of) the head; get one to the head.