noun:

• type of conical hat that covers the whole head (used by Komuso monks) ➜ 笠・虚無僧

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft
• to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to cover something with something
• to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

noun:

• cutting off the head
• shaping the flowers and leaves of a plant

noun:

• hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk) ➜ 茶筅

noun / ~する noun:

• shaving the very top of the head

noun:

• head of business department

noun:

• arrow-head; arrowhead

noun:

• head of a martial arts organization (organisation)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be able to hold one's head up (of a baby)

noun:

• head; dome; bean; nob; noggin - derogatory term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to shake one's head ➜ 頭を振る

noun:

• calculating in one's head

noun:

• head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; master (of a servant) - abbreviation
• entertaining someone as one's guest - also written as 饗 - archaism ➜ 饗設け

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to accept an object and hold it reverently over one's head

noun:

• head of year; teacher in charge of all classes for a whole year

noun:

• head-butting; head-butt

noun:

• head priest of temple formerly led by founder of sect

noun:

• head chef; head cook

noun:

• broiled fish head (esp. sea bream) - Food term

noun:

• valve head

noun:

• head gangster

noun:

• lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping)
• brown-lined puffer (species of pufferfish, Canthigaster rivulata) - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• telegram sent by an emperor or head of state

noun:

• multiple barrel model; multi-barrel model

noun:

• head of the Department of Worship ➜ 神祇官