黔黎

けんれい

commoners, peasantry, the masses

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

鳩首

きゅうしゅ

going into a huddle

雁首

がんくび かりくび カリくび

(something resembling a) goose's neck

稽首

けいしゅ

bowing to the floor

首足

しゅそく

head and legs, the body

丸首

まるくび

round-necked (T-shirt)

小首

こくび

head (mainly used in set phrases)

元首

げんしゅ

ruler, sovereign

首脳

しゅのう

head, leader, leading spirit

自首

じしゅ

surrender, give oneself up

艇首

ていしゅ ていくび

bow (of a boat)

起首

きしゅ

start, beginning, origin

生首

なまくび

freshly severed head