noun:

• household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); innkeeper; owner (e.g. of an hotel)
• husband

noun:

• room for zazen meditation; room for Buddhist practices ➜ 座禅
• Zen monk's quarters
• head priest (of a Zen temple)

noun:

• flat part of the top of the cranium
• plate-like depression on the head of kappa ➜ 河童

noun:

• (seat at) the head of the table; seat of honour (honor) - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table

counter:

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

noun:

• cueing (e.g. a magnetic tape, recording) (cuing); cue; feeding (e.g. paper under a print head); feed; document loading

noun:

• ministry proper; home office; head office
• this ministry; this department

noun:

• service at the head office; work at the home office ➜ 詰め【つめ】

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

noun:

• caltrop (Tribulus terrestris); cat's head; devil's thorn; devil's weed; goathead; land caltrop; puncturevine

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

noun:

• front office; head office; top management; executive office

noun / ~する noun:

• infatuation (with a woman); obsessing (over a woman); losing one's head (over a women)

expression:

• there must be a clear distinction between the upper and lower classes; even new shoes must not be worn on the head [literal] - proverb

noun:

• simple type of clothing consisting of a large piece of cloth with a hole in the middle for the head

expression / ichidan verb:

• to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get conceited; to become vain; to get stuck up; to get a swollen head ➜ 天狗【てんぐ】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful ➜ 小首を傾げる【こくびをかしげる】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to cry wine and sell vinegar; to do deceptive advertisement; to put up a sheep's head and sell dog meat [literal] - idiom

noun:

• completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe

noun:

• mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being)

noun:

• central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); mainstay; chief support; leader
• chief; boss; leader; head
• master carpenter
• beams and ridge supports of a roof - orig. meaning

expression:

• we were all beginners once; never lose your humility; don't let success get to your head; don't forget where you came from - proverb

noun:

• general; admiral
• head; chief; leader; boss; kingpin
• old chap; mate; boss; chief; man - familiar or jocular term for addressing a male - familiar language
• athlete who competes in the last match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.) ➜ 先鋒【せんぽう】