元首相

もとしゅしょう

former Prime Minister, former Chancellor

副首相

ふくしゅしょう

deputy prime minister, vice prime minister

前首相

ぜんしゅしょう

previous prime minister (immediately preceding the incumbent); former prime minister; ex-premier

新首相

しんしゅしょう

new prime minister

首相兼外相

しゅしょうけんがいしょう しゅしょうけんがいそう

Prime Minister also serving as Foreign Minister

首相官邸

しゅしょうかんてい

prime minister's official residence

次期首相

じきしゅしょう

incoming prime minister

首相指名

しゅしょうしめい

nomination to become prime minister

アイルランドの首相

アイルランドのしゅしょう

taoiseach; prime minister of Ireland

連邦首相

れんぽうしゅしょう

federal chancellor

首相公選制

しゅしょうこうせんせい

system allowing for election of the prime minister by popular vote

首相指名選挙

しゅしょうしめいせんきょ

vote by the Diet to appoint the prime minister

首相臨時代行

しゅしょうりんじだいこう

acting prime minister

首

おびと おひと おうと かしら くび クビ しゅ

counter for songs and poems

首鼠

しゅそ

being unable to make up one's mind, sitting on the fence

首座

しゅざ しゅそ

seat of honor, seat of honour, head of the table, head

首筋

くびすじ

nape of the neck, back of the neck, scruff of the neck

贋首

にせくび

falsified severed head

鎌首

かまくび

sickle-shaped neck (e.g. snake, praying mantis), crooked neck, gooseneck