頭

originator; promoter

Baseball

lead-off man

morin khuur (stringed musical instrument of Mongolian origin); matouqin

Buddhism

Hayagriva (manifestation of Avalokitesvara with an ornament in the shape of a horse's head)

Buddhism

Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)

top of a pole

laryngoscope

station area; in front of a station; (at a) station

Grammar

prefix

Colloquial

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

Buddhism

horse-headed and ox-headed demons in the Buddhist hell

advance troops; vanguard; advance contingent; leading unit

double-headed

humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

strong beginning and weak ending; anticlimax

rocky outcrop

mesocephaly

oral proceedings; oral pleadings

close-cropped head

Civil engineering

hydraulic head; water head; piezometric head

Archaic

waterside; water's edge

traditional Japanese poem with six verses in a 5-7-7-5-7-7 moraic pattern

Word usually written using kana alone

aconite (esp. species Aconitum japonicum); wolfsbane; monkshood

traditional bugaku hat

air-raid hood

disaster hood; protective hood worn during earthquakes and other disasters (e.g. to protect from falling objects)