とう
Meanings
Counter
1. counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
Kanji used
head
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (117 in total)
① 頭の部分。② 物の先端。
① 一番前、または前の方。
① 小学校、中学校、高等学校で校長を補佐し、校務を処理する役職。
(head) clerk
① 音頭を取る人。頭領。② 銀行の長。③ 相撲で力士を取り締まりまとめる人。④ 歌舞伎の劇場などで楽屋の取り締まりにあたる役、その人。⑤ 雅楽において、合奏の際の管楽器の首席演奏者。⑥ 能楽または歌舞伎の三番叟において、小鼓を演奏する三人の鼓方のうちの中央の演奏者。
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
head; chief; boss
① 頭の毛、髪の毛。
chief; head; leader
① 店舗の前面。
double-headed
① 文書にて、口で言うこと。
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
number of (large) animals
① 心の中。心。
(on the) street
society president
boss; chief; manager
① 考え。心の内。
turning round (a ship); changing course; veering
head of an army
how many? (large animals)
lord of a manor; estate steward
beginning (of a book, magazine, etc.); opening page; beginning (of a matter); start
① 脊椎動物の頭を構成する骨格。頭蓋骨。顱骨
wave crest; whitecaps
many-headed; hydra-headed; large-scale (e.g. breeding)
simple type of clothing consisting of a large piece of cloth with a hole in the middle for the head
number of people; population; human head
number of people; population; human head
riverbank (esp. the Yangtze River)
beheading; decapitation
blind man; masseur (usu. blind)
topic; subject
top of the head
① 年の初頭。新年の季語。
head with grey hair (gray); grey head
beginning; outset; opening; start
snakeheads; Chinese criminal gangs, esp. for smuggling Chinese immigrants
① 柱の最上部。② めしべの先端。
front of (the main building of) a shrine
beginning of a line (of writing)
top of a pole
coach and four; four horse coach
start of a sentence, phrase, etc.
double-headed
① いかやたこなどが属する軟体動物門頭足綱の動物の総称。
① 地層や岩石が地表に顕れている場所。
① 頭蓋を構成する骨の総称。 顔の構造を支持し、脳を外傷などから保護する働きを持つ。 ヒトの場合、18種29個の骨で構成される。
① 湾のほとり。
pier; wharf; quay; dock
alliteration
① 頭蓋を構成する骨の総称。 顔の構造を支持し、脳を外傷などから保護する働きを持つ。 ヒトの場合、18種29個の骨で構成される。
the field; the parade ground
① 語の始めの文字または音。
① 書面の初めに書かれた言葉。
① 物事の重大な分かれ目。
dolichocephaly
the opening greeting on letters
bell-shaped window (usu. in temples)
clipping off the beginning of a speech transmission
terminals; suited tiles numbered 1 or 9
① 頭文字を組み合わせて作られた略語。
deflection (gunnery)
pointed end; point; cusp; pointed head
brachycephaly
acute (of the shape of a leaf); acuminate; pointed
pottery lantern (curved conical shape)
inferior frontal gyrus
initial consonant; syllable onset
head and neck carcinoma; cancer of the head and neck
head and neck carcinoma; cancer of the head and neck
abovementioned item; description at beginning of (this) text or document
globus pharyngis; lump in one's throat; pharyngolaryngeal paresthesia
obtuse (of the shape of a leaf); rounded
① 無限花序で、花軸の先が皿のように広がった花が多数いるもの。
pachycephalosaur (any dinosaur of infraorder Pachycephalosauria)
plagiocephaly; flat head syndrome
sugar apple; sweetsop (fruit)
flathead silverside (Hypoatherina valenciennei)
Philippine ground orchid (Spathoglottis plicata); Philippine orchid; large purple orchid
Examples (9 in total)
There were six sheep in the field.
There are three cows in the barn.
We have ten cattle.