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頭 kanji
head, counter for large animals
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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トウズト
Kun readings
あたまかしら-がしらかぶり
Words with 頭
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —児頭骨盤不均衡cephalopelvic disproportion; CPD
- —児頭骨盤不適合cephalopelvic disproportion; CPD
- —連鎖球菌性咽頭炎streptococcal throat infection; strep throat
- —新生児頭部皮膚炎cradle cap
- —怒り心頭に発するto become very angry; to become furious; to fly into a rage
- —街頭インタビューman-on-the-street interview; vox populi; vox pop; curbside interview
- —怒り心頭に達するto become very angry; to become furious; to fly into a rage
- —前頭葉白質切截術lobotomy; leucotomy; frontal lobotomy; frontal leucotomy
- —コンテキスト接頭部context prefix
- —ヒト乳頭腫ウイルスhuman papilloma virus; HPV
- —反復経頭蓋磁気刺激repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; rTMS
- —船頭多くして船山に登るtoo many cooks spoil the broth; too many captains will steer the ship up a mountain
- —泣く子と地頭には勝てぬyou cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason; you can't fight City Hall
- —良性発作性頭位めまい症benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; BPPV
- —羊頭を掲げて狗肉を売るto cry wine and sell vinegar; to do deceptive advertisement; to put up a sheep's head and sell dog meat
- —泣く子と地頭には勝てないyou cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason; you can't fight City Hall
- —心頭滅却すれば火もまた涼しif you clear your mind of all worldly thoughts, even fire will feel cool
- —心頭を滅却すれば火もまた涼しif you clear your mind of all worldly thoughts, even fire will feel cool
- —１頭one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
- —擡頭rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power; gathering strength