かしら
Meanings
Noun
1. head
Hey, lower your head.
2. hair (on one's head)
3. leader; chief; boss; captain
4. top; tip
5. beginning; start
6. top structural component of a kanji
when read as "かしら"
Pitch accent
か
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Used in vocabulary (15 in total)
leader; chief; head; (another person's) head
first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)
boss; leader
first letter; first letters; initial
hairstyle; shape of one's head; fish served whole
faith is mysterious; faith is weird; (lit.) even a pilchard's head (can be revered) through faith
rustic bunting (Emberiza rustica)
white hair; (lit.) snow of the head
doll head maker; doll head artisan
hair on one's head; head; top of one's head
to stand at the head of others
puppeteer for the head
better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
appointed official sent to administer a certain region (in the Ryukyu Kingdom)
fire brigade chief (in Edo); chief fireman
Examples (182 in total)
Watch your head!
My head is itchy.
She held up her head.