首

Meaning

首 centers on the head and neck area, the topmost part of the body. The counter for songs and poems extends naturally from the idea of a head or beginning, as in counting the first items or stanzas.

• 首くび
  N5

  neck

• 首相しゅしょう
  N4

  prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier

• 乳首ちくび
  N5

  nipple; teat

• 首都しゅと
  N3

  capital (city); metropolis

• 手首てくび
  N2

  wrist

• 首脳しゅのう
  N2

  head; leader; top

• 党首とうしゅ

  party leader

• 首位しゅい

  first place; head position; leading position

• 足首あしくび
  N1

  ankle

• 首長しゅちょう

  head (of organization, organisation); chief

• 首謀しゅぼう

  plotting; planning (crime, intrigue)

• 自首じしゅ
  N1

  surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in

• 首領しゅりょう

  head; chief; boss; leader

• 元首げんしゅ
  N1

  sovereign; ruler; head of state

• 絞首刑こうしゅけい

  death by hanging; execution by hanging

• 首尾しゅび

  beginning and end; from beginning to end

• 首飾りくびかざり
  N1

  necklace; choker

• 機首きしゅ

  nose (of plane)

• 部首ぶしゅ
  N2

  radical (of a kanji character)

• 首班しゅはん

  head; leader; prime minister

• 縛り首しばりくび

  (death by) hanging

• 首都圏しゅとけん
  N1

  Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area

• 一首いっしゅ

  one tanka; one poem

• 首脳部しゅのうぶ

  executives; top management; governing body

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