あたま
Meanings
Noun
1. head
2. hair (on one's head)
3. mind; brains; intellect
when read as "あたま"
4. leader; chief; boss; captain
5. top; tip
6. beginning; start
7. head; person
when read as "あたま"
8. down payment; deposit
when read as "あたま"
9. top structural component of a kanji
when read as "かしら"
10. pair
when read as "あたま"
Kanji used
head
Pitch accent
たま
Top 200
Used in vocabulary (144 in total)
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
to rack one's brains
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
to use one's head
to cool down one's anger
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to get one's head around; to think about
slow; weak-headed
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
bright; intelligent
tip of one's nose
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
bright; intelligent
slow; weak-headed; dumb
to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head
bald head; baldness
bright; intelligent
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)
close-cropped hair; shaven head
to keep in mind; to memorize
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
headache inducing; vexing
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
gray or silver haired (grey)
obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
bright; intelligent
feeling heavy in the head; heavy-headed; sick with worry
top-heavy; big-headed; overly-theoretical
thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
being very forgetful; having a bad memory
ignoring; bypassing; doing something without consultation; going over someone's head
to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
bright; intelligent
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
to be clear-headed
bright; intelligent
to be concerned about
to go crazy; to go off one's head
bald head; baldness
down payment; deposit
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
hair ornament; headdress
dim witted; bird-brained; dullard
to be tonsured; to have one's head shaved; to become a monk
bald head; baldness
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
to get one's head around; to think about
crazy; disturbed; mad
to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head
half-baked; dim-witted; meatheaded
to be crazy; to be mad; to have a screw loose
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
sharing equally (costs, profits, etc.); splitting equally
thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn
to have one's hair cut; to cut one's hair
salt and pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
to take into consideration
slow; weak-headed; dumb
ignoring; bypassing; doing something without consultation; going over someone's head
flexible (person); open-minded
to keep in mind; to memorize
black hair that has been dyed blond after the roots begin to grow in at the top giving an appearance much like custard pudding; (lit.) pudding head
flat part on the top of the cranium
close-cropped head
cueing (e.g. a magnetic tape, recording) (cuing); cue; feeding (e.g. paper under a print head); feed; document loading
to stop the opponent by pressing one's head into his chest
humble; modest; unassuming
dim-witted; airheaded; bird-brained; dim; dullard; blockheaded
to be clear-headed; to be brainy
sharing equally (costs, profits, etc.); splitting equally
salt and pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
number of persons; numerical strength; head count
close-cropped head
chief; leader; head; executive
flexible (of people); open-minded
hairstyle; shape of one's head; fish served whole
hairstyle; shape of one's head; fish served whole
flat part of the top of the cranium; plate-like depression on the top of a kappa's head
to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever
wigless head; head of natural hair; intelligence; comprehension; smarts
to be clear-headed
someone with hair combed in stripes across their bald spot
faith is mysterious; faith is weird; (lit.) even a pilchard's head (can be revered) through faith
headache inducing; vexing
large head; person with a large head
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
old-fashioned (in one's way of thinking)
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
cueing (e.g. a magnetic tape, recording) (cuing); cue; feeding (e.g. paper under a print head); feed; document loading
thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn
salt and pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
the more learned, the more humble; the boughs bearing the most hang lowest
salt and pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
to be clear-headed; to be brainy
combover; comb-over; (lit.) bamboo screen head (due to looking like the slats of a bamboo screen)
Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants
person who steals money from the workplace; embezzler; untrustworthy person
take a long walk off a short pier; go stick your head in a pig; (lit.) bash your head against the corner of a block of tofu and die
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
person who steals money from the workplace; embezzler; untrustworthy person
start-aligned
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
the more learned, the more humble; the boughs bearing the most hang lowest
person who steals money from the workplace; embezzler; untrustworthy person
combover; comb-over; (lit.) bamboo screen head (due to looking like the slats of a bamboo screen)
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
head harness; strap
muddleheaded; knowing no better; not thinking about
the more learned, the more humble; the boughs bearing the most hang lowest
pattern of Japanese accent with the first mora high and the following ones low
hard-headed; stubborn
head harness; strap
bright intelligence
head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis); head lice
Examples (77 in total)
Watch your head!
My head is itchy.
My head is throbbing.