noun:

• facing one's opponent head-on and winning via overwhelmingly superior strength or skill; match in which a yokozuna overpowers his opponent - Sumo term

noun:

• boss; leader; head
• difficult enemy in a video game, usu. found at the end of a level or game

noun:

• place where hair is gathered together atop the head; hair tied (or pinned) together in this position - archaism

noun:

• schrund (crevasse, esp. a bergschrund, a crevasse near the head of a glacier) - From German ➜ ベルクシュルント

expression / ichidan verb:

• to hold a sword above one's head ➜ 大上段【だいじょうだん】
• to be haughty; to be arrogant ➜ 大上段【だいじょうだん】

noun:

• office; official - usu. 官,司,寮 - archaism
• chief; head - usu. 首,長
• (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies ［司］

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. head)

noun:

• Imperial surname; title borne by a prince of the blood as a head of a house ➜ 宮家【みやけ】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head

adjectival noun:

• madly in love; completely charmed (by); head over heels (for)

adverb:

• from the heart; entirely; completely

noun:

• bottom of one's heart - archaism

noun:

• game of chance similar to rock, paper scissors, where the different hand gestures symbolize a fox, a hunter and a village head

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to butt heads; to head-butt

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge - Sumo term
• to punch hard; to hit hard

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to face
• to go towards; to head towards

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree

~する noun:

• to master (a skill)

noun:

• proprietor; manager; owner; barkeeper
• leader; chief; head
• master (of arts, science, etc.)
• master (recording)
• master (device) ➜ スレーブ

noun:

• hairstyle introduced in the Meiji era consisting in a bun or chignon tied at the back of the head

noun:

• coping; top rail; cap piece; head board; what covers the top of a wall, torii or gate, not necessarily made of wood - Architecture term

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to strike someone a blow; to bring down (a stick on someone's head)

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

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to throw one's chest out; to hold one's head high

expression:

• better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to talk on and on; to talk one's head off

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to throw one's chest out; to hold one's head high ➜ そっくり返る

expression / ichidan verb:

• to go over one's head; to be beyond one's comprehension