Kanji 首 Words: Meanings and Readings, Page 3

船首楼

せんしゅろう

forecastle

前首相

ぜんしゅしょう

previous prime minister (immediately preceding the incumbent)

素首

そくび

head

素首落し

そくびおとし

head chop down

打ち首

うちくび

decapitation

打ち首獄門

うちくびごくもん

beheading followed by mounting of the head on a pike in front of the prison (Edo period)

大統領主席補佐官

だいとうりょうしゅせきほさかん

chief of staff (of US president)

叩首

こうしゅ

kowtow

猪首

いくび

bull neck

鶴首

かくしゅ

looking forward to

鶴首して待つ

かくしゅしてまつ

to wait expectantly

艇首

ていしゅ

bow (of a boat)

党首討論

とうしゅとうろん

debate between party leaders (in the Japanese Diet)

党首脳

とうしゅのう

party leaders

投げ首

なげくび

being at a loss

頭

こうべ

head

頭首

とうしゅ

boss

頭首工

とうしゅこう

weir (usu. for irrigation)

頓首

とんしゅ

respectfully yours

頓首再拝

とんしゅさいはい

respectfully yours

乳首ピアス

ちくびピアス

tindik puting

馬首

ばしゅ

neck of a horse

白首

しらくび

woman who puts thick white powder on her neck

曝首

されこうべ

skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death)

鳩首協議

きゅうしゅきょうぎ

put heads together and confer

鳩首凝議

きゅうしゅぎょうぎ

put heads together and confer

鳩首謀議

きゅうしゅぼうぎ

go into a huddle (over)

鳩首密議

きゅうしゅみつぎ

going into a huddle (over)

百人一首かるた

ひゃくにんいっしゅカルタ

Hyakunin Isshu karuta

百人首

ひゃくにんしゅ

(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu

不首尾

ふしゅび

failure

副首相

ふくしゅしょう

deputy prime minister

副党首

ふくとうしゅ

vice-president of a political party

閉口頓首

へいこうとんしゅ

being at a complete loss as to what to do

野党党首

やとうとうしゅ

opposition leader

落首

らくしゅ

lampoon

連邦首相

れんぽうしゅしょう

federal chancellor

腕首

うでくび

wrist

剄る

くびきる

to behead

匕首

あいくち

dagger

梟首

きょうしゅ

exposure of a severed head

縊首

いしゅ

suicide by hanging

蛟首

ちしゅ

carved head of a mizuchi

頸っ丈

くびったけ

deeply in love with

頸巻

くびまき

scarf

頸元

くびもと

base of the throat

頸綱

くびづな

leash

頸根

くびね

scruff of the neck

頸上

くびかみ

neckband

頸付き

くびつき

appearance of one's neck

頸枷

くびかせ

pillory

馘首

かくしゅ

beheading

黔首

けんしゅ

the people

黥首

げいしゅ

tattooing the forehead of a criminal (Edo-period punishment)