頭

Meaning

頭 centers on the head as the topmost part of a person or animal. The counter-for-large-animals sense extends from counting heads as units.

• 頭あたま
  N5

  head

• 頭とう
  N3

  counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.

• 頭痛ずつう
  N3

  headache

• 冒頭ぼうとう
  N1

  beginning; opening; start; outset

• 先頭せんとう
  N2

  head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard

• 店頭てんとう

  shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; (near the) shop entrance

• 頭部とうぶ

  head

• 筆頭ひっとう

  brush tip

• 頭脳ずのう
  N2

  head; brains

• 街頭がいとう
  N1

  (on the) street

• 台頭たいとう

  rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power; gathering strength

• 初頭しょとう

  beginning (of a century, etc.)

• 没頭ぼっとう
  N1

  immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to

• 念頭ねんとう
  N1

  (on one's) mind; heed

• 口頭こうとう
  N1

  oral; verbal; spoken; parol

• 頭上ずじょう

  overhead; above one's head; high in the sky

• 頭文字かしらもじ

  first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence)

• 音頭おんど

  lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead

• 弾頭だんとう

  warhead

• 出頭しゅっとう

  appearance; presence; attendance

• 頭髪とうはつ

  hair (on the head)

• 頭取とうどり

  (bank) president

• 教頭きょうとう

  deputy head teacher; vice principal

• 核弾頭かくだんとう

  nuclear warhead

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