| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 頭 | あたま | one's head, hair, a hairstyle, brains, intelligence |
| 頭痛 | ずつう | a headache |
| 偏頭痛 | へんずつう | migraine headache |
| 頭が痛い | あたまがいたい | have a headache |
| 頭打ち | あたまうち | top |
| 三頭 | さんとう | three head (of cattle) |
| 頭が悪い | あたまがわるい | be stupid, be dull, have no brains |
| 頭文字 | かしらもじ | an initial letter, a capital |
| 頭にくる | あたまにくる | to fly into a range, to blow one's top |
| 頭脳 | ずのう | head, brains, intellect |
| 先頭 | せんとう | head, lead, vanguard, first |
| 頭骨 | とうこつ | skull |
| 亀頭 | きとう | glans (esp. glans penis) |
| 会頭 | かいとう | society president |
| 冒頭 | ぼうとう | beginning, start, outset |
| 到頭 | とうとう | finally, at last, reaching a head |
| 双頭 | そうとう | double-headed |
| 口頭弁論 | こうとうべんろん | oral proceedings, oral pleadings |
| 台頭 | たいとう | rise of, appearance of, (in the) forefront, prominence |
| 巌頭 | がんとう | top of a massive rock |
| 巻頭 | かんとう | opening page of book; prefatory |
| 店頭 | てんとう | shop front, counter, shop, over-the-counter (financial) |
| 弾頭 | だんとう | warhead |
| 念頭 | ねんとう | mind |
| 撤頭徹尾 | てっとうてつび | thoroughly, through and through |
| 旗頭 | はたがしら | leader, boss, upper part of a flag |
| 核弾頭 | かくだんとう | nuclear warhead |
| 毬栗頭 | いがぐりあたま | close-cropped head |
| 没頭 | ぼっとう | immersing oneself |
| 白頭翁 | はくとうおう | windflower, white-haired old man |
| 筆頭 | ひっとう | brush tip, first on a list |
| 街頭 | がいとう | in the street |
| 街頭募金 | がいとうぼきん | streetside fundraising |
| 陣頭 | じんとう | head of an army |
| 音頭 | おんど | workmen's songs, marching songs |
| 頭の冴え | あたまのさえ | bright intelligence |
| 頭取 | とうどり | (bank) president |
| 頭頂 | とうちょう | top of the head, vertex (anat.), parietal |
| 頭髪 | とうはつ | hair (of head) |
| 駅頭 | えきとう | station |
| 鶏頭 | けいとう | cockscomb, Celosia argentea var. cristata |