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prime minister

party leader

head

capital (city)

neck

first place

one tanka

sovereign

Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area

head (of organization, organisation)

ankle

wrist

nose (of plane)

plotting

executives

head

surrender (to the authorities)

(death by) hanging

decapitation

head

bow (of a boat)

(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu

nape of the neck

death by hanging

rokurokubi

to be hanged

to be able to hold one's head up (of an infant)

headless

text neck

neckband (usu. ornamental)

to duck one's head

decapitated body

to rise into importance

to behead

to incline one's head to the side (in doubt)

deeply in love with

to fire (from a job)

to be sacked

head

criminal's head on public display

to hang oneself

around the neck

to cock one's head in puzzlement

rokurokubi

base of the throat

taoiseach

head

iron face guard that covers the forehead and cheeks (used in the Heian and Kamakura periods)

(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu

making constant reference to

beginning part

being over one's head (in debt, etc.)

capital (city)

decapitation

chief

Hyakunin Isshu karuta

to eagerly look forward to

being at a loss

kubinage

former prime minister

abovementioned item

to decapitate

beginning of a term

previous prime minister (immediately preceding the incumbent)

emirate

head and legs

to behead

to fire from a job

new prime minister

round-necked (T-shirt)

heading of a document (letter, notice, etc.)

freshly severed head

woman who puts thick white powder on her neck

deputy prime minister

checking someone's identity

vice-president of a political party

Shuto Expressway (network of toll expressways in the Kanto region)

appearance of one's neck

executioner's block

head of a state

to behead

lampoon

nomination to become prime minister

(animal) collar

opposition leader

head

start

the leading hitter

party leaders

beginning and end

executioner

Kayan people

seat of honor

incoming prime minister

to be sacked

the neck

failure

summit meeting

being at one's wit's end

person with a bounty on their head

to stretch one's neck

scruff of the neck

scruff of the neck

red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)

ukiyo-e portrait of the upper body with emphasis on the facial expression

oscillating (e.g. fan, engine)

to shake one's head

bottleneck effect

head

federal chancellor

neck of a horse

system allowing for election of the prime minister by popular vote

boss

necklace

summit meeting

weir (usu. for irrigation)

leadership conference

commander-in-chief

collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu)

great success

debate between party leaders (in the Japanese Diet)

flea collar

successfully

first lady

prime minister's official residence

first proponent

brightest star in a constellation

United Arab Emirates

to poke one's nose into another's affairs

to look slightly doubtful

to look slightly doubtful

head-twisting throw

burial mound for severed heads

scarf

beginning (of a scroll, book, etc.)

first volume (of book)

head chop down

beginning of a book

Ogura Hyakunin Isshu

bulbous bow (on a ship to reduce drag)

radical (of a kanji character)

game or series of games between the first and second place teams

to cut one's own throat

to be spared from being fired

prime minister also serving as foreign minister

to shake one's head (in disagreement)

leaders

chief of staff (esp. of US president)

vote by the Diet to appoint the prime minister

to incline one's head