カシラ
Meanings
Noun
1. head
2. hair (on one's head)
3. leader; chief; boss; captain
4. top; tip
5. beginning; start
Pitch accent
シラ
Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
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
faith is mysterious; faith is weird; (lit.) even a pilchard's head (can be revered) through faith
white hair; (lit.) snow of the head
hair on one's head; head; top of one's head
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 (77 in total)
Watch your head!
My head is itchy.
My head is throbbing.