Kanji1 / 9
首 kanji
neck, counter for songs and poems
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
シュ
Kun readings
くび
Words with 首
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —百人一首(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
- —連邦首相federal chancellor
- —首尾よくsuccessfully; with success
- —首位打者the leading hitter
- —首尾一貫consistent; unchanging from beginning to end
- —首脳会議summit meeting; top-level conference
- —首相官邸prime minister's official residence
- —閉口頓首being at a complete loss as to what to do; being at one's wit's end; being at a loss for an answer
- —鳩首協議put heads together and confer; convene and discuss; go into a huddle (over)
- —鳩首凝議put heads together and confer; convene and discuss; go into a huddle (over)
- —鳩首謀議go into a huddle (over); hold a secret conference (about); put heads together and conspire
- —鳩首密議going into a huddle (over); holding secret (closed-door) conference (about); laying heads together in secret consultation
- —首鼠両端being unable to make up one's mind; sitting on the fence
- —首尾貫徹(logical) consistency; coherence; unchanging from beginning to end
- —国家元首head of a state
- —党首討論debate between party leaders (in the Japanese Diet)
- —首相指名nomination to become prime minister
- —球状船首bulbous bow (on a ship to reduce drag)
- —野党党首opposition leader
- —首里王府administration of the Ryukyu Kingdom