Also known as: 首吊り, 絞首, 绞刑
A method of Execution or Suicide utilizing a Noose in which the subject is dangled by the neck until suffocation, or is dropped so that the force of the noose going taut and stopping the fall breaks the subject's neck.
See Suspension for the bondage posture, or Hanging for non-bondage and non-lethal forms of suspension.