| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 足首 | あしくび | ankle |
| 元首 | げんしゅ | head of state |
| 手首 | てくび | a wrist |
| 首都 | しゅと | the capital (city) |
| 元首相 | もとしゅしょう | the former Prime Minister |
| 首 | くび | the neck, the head |
| 首になる | くびになる | to be fired (from a job) |
| 首相 | しゅしょう | the Prime Minister |
| 部首 | ぶしゅ | radical (of a kanji character) |
| 一首 | いっしゅ | tanka, poem |
| 党首 | とうしゅ | party leader |
| 猪首 | いくび | bull neck |
| 絞首刑 | こうしゅけい | death by hanging |
| 縛り首 | しばりくび | (death by) hanging |
| 鎌首 | かまくび | gooseneck |
| 首位 | しゅい | first place, head position, leading position |
| 首尾 | しゅび | issue, course of events, beginning and end |
| 首班 | しゅはん | head, leader, Prime Minister |
| 首肯 | しゅこう | assent, consent |
| 首肯く | うなずく | to nod, to bow one's head in assent |
| 首脳 | しゅのう | head, brains, leading spirit |
| 首脳部 | しゅのうぶ | executives, top management, governing body |
| 首謀 | しゅぼう | planning, plotting, ringleader |
| 首長 | しゅちょう | head (of organization, organisation), chief |
| 首飾り | くびかざり | necklace |
| 首魁 | しゅかい | forerunner, ringleader |
| 鳩首 | きゅうしゅ | going into a huddle |
| 鶴首 | かくしゅ | looking forward to |