| 生首 | freshly severed head | 
| 鶴首して待つ | to wait expectantly, to be full of anticipation, to long for | 
首を括る 首をくくる | to hang oneself, to strangle oneself | 
| 首を絞める | to wring the neck, to strangle | 
| 首を揃える | to get together | 
| 首章 | beginning of a book | 
| 元首相 | former Prime Minister, former Chancellor | 
| 首位攻防戦 | game or series of games between the first and second place teams | 
| 首投げ | kubinage, neck (head) throw | 
| 国家元首夫人 | first lady | 
| 首 | counter for songs and poems | 
| アラブ首長国連邦 | United Arab Emirates | 
借金で首が回らない 借金で首がまわらない | deep in debt | 
| 首を突っ込む | to have a hand in, to take a (deep) interest in, to meddle in | 
| 首記 | abovementioned item, description at beginning of (this) text or document | 
| 閉口頓首 | being at a complete loss as to what to do, being at a loss for an answer | 
| 鳩首協議 | put heads together and confer, convene and discuss, go into a huddle (over) | 
| 鳩首凝議 | put heads together and confer, convene and discuss, go into a huddle (over) | 
| 鳩首謀議 | go into a huddle (over), hold a secret conference (about), put heads together and conspire | 
| 鳩首密議 | going into a huddle (over), holding secret (closed-door) conference (about), laying heads together in secret consultation | 
| 首鼠両端 | sitting on the fence | 
| 首尾貫徹 | (logical) consistency, coherence, unchanging from beginning to end | 
| 首を垂れる | to droop (e.g. ears of grain) | 
| 小倉百人一首 | Ogura Anthology of One Hundred Tanka by One Hundred Poets | 
| 首巻 | first volume (of book) | 
| 党首脳 | party leaders, party executive | 
雁首をそろえる 雁首を揃える がん首をそろえる | to sit silently at a meeting | 
雁首揃える 雁首そろえる がん首そろえる | to sit silently at a meeting | 
| 国家元首 | head of a state | 
| 鬼の首を取ったよう | triumphant (over a mediocre achievement), boastful, as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck | 
| 首長国 | emirate, sheikdom | 
| 首長竜 | plesiosaur | 
寝首をかく 寝首を掻く | to catch someone off his guard by setting traps, to assassinate someone while he sleeps | 
小首を傾げる 小首をかしげる | to look slightly doubtful | 
| 新首相 | new prime minister | 
| 党首討論 | question time (in the Japanese Diet) | 
| 首相指名 | nomination to become prime minister | 
| 首相公選制 | system allowing for election of the prime minister by popular vote | 
| 首捻り | head-twisting throw | 
素首落とし 素首落し | head chop down |