noun:

• black hair that has been dyed blond after the roots begin to grow in at the top giving an appearance much like custard pudding; pudding head [literal] - colloquialism

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to warp; to bend backwards; to throw the head (or shoulders) back; to throw out the chest

expression:

• no matter how hard one might try; no matter what one does; even if one stood on one's head [literal] ➜ 逆立ち

expression / ichidan verb:

• to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains

noun:

• top; summit; apex; peak
• twelve o'clock (usu. midnight) ［てっぺん］ - often in てっぺんを回る or てっぺん回る - slang
• top of one's head; top of a helmet; (top of) scalp; crown - esp. 頂辺 when in kanji - obscure term

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock) ➜ 動転

noun:

• sardine and holly charm; sardine head and holly branch placed next to the front door during setsubun to ward off demons

noun:

• difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); fall distance
• difference; gap

expression / adverb:

• in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to lie face down (e.g. on the ground, napping on a desk); to lie prone
• to lower (one's head, gaze, etc.) - archaism

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while he sleeps
• to catch someone off his guard by setting traps

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to enclose (with); to surround (with); to encircle
• to turn (one's head, heel, etc.)
• to think over; to work out
• to notify (orally or in writing) - archaism

noun:

• hair at the temples; hair at the sides of the head

expression / ichidan verb:

• to hit the mark; to hit the nail on the head

noun:

• Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail
• White's thrush (Zoothera dauma) ➜ 虎鶫
• man of mystery; enigma

expression:

• Yama's pole with a human head on the top (able to discern good and evil of the dead) ➜ 閻魔
• (being a) fuss-pot; complaining about things in the public eye

noun:

• scarlet kadsura (Kadsura japonica) ➜ 実葛【さねかずら】
• white sash tied around the head, with ends hanging down and tucked into belt, worn in kyogen to indicate a female character being played by a man

noun:

• goldfish with a shrimp-like tail ［えびお］
• head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to nail
• to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to strike (hard) ➜ 打付ける【ぶつける】
• to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling ➜ 打付ける【ぶつける】

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to turn a somersault; to turn over (topsy-turvy); to turn head over heels

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to drown; to nearly drown; to sink below the surface (of water)
• to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to wallow in

expression:

• up through; up until; down to - as ～に至るまで
• from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ... - as ～から～に至るまで

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

• to become the head; to rise to the top; to rank above; to stand above

noun:

• orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; grampus
• mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being) ［しゃち］ - abbreviation ➜ 鯱【しゃちほこ】