首

vice-president of a political party

scruff of the neck

neck pillow

ukiyo-e portrait of the upper body with emphasis on the facial expression

ear of rice; head of a rice plant; spike

to behead; to decapitate

Idiomatic expression

to be sacked; to be dismissed

to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off

Idiomatic expression

to depose; to topple

to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)

to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)

to hang (e.g. oneself)

Word usually written using kana alone

to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed

to be beheaded

Idiomatic expression

to cut one's own throat; to dig one's own grave; to cause oneself harm; to bring ruin on oneself

Idiomatic expression

to eagerly look forward to

leadership conference; summit meeting; top-level conference

to fire (from a job); to sack; to dismiss

to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep

to catch someone off their guard by setting traps

around the neck; neck size (measurement)

Idiomatic expression; Usu. in the imperative, as a threat

to wait for one's punishment; to wait before one gets what's coming to one; to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)

to duck one's head

successfully; with success

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets

hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards; deck of 200 cards, the 100 waka of the Hyakunin Isshu split between them, to be matched together during the game

head of a state

to hang oneself; to strangle oneself