冒頭【ぼうとう】
beginning, opening, start, outset
頭取【とうどり】
(bank) president, greenroom manager (in a theater)
店頭【てんとう】
shopfront, storefront, shopwindow, (near the) shop entrance, over-the-counter
街頭【がいとう】
(on the) street
念頭【ねんとう】
(on one's) mind, heed
筆頭【ひっとう】
brush tip, first on a list, head, chief
会頭【かいとう】
society president
台頭【たいとう】
rise (e.g. of a movement), emergence, rearing one's head, gaining prominence, coming to the fore, gaining power, gathering strength
弾頭【だんとう】
warhead
口頭【こうとう】
oral, verbal, spoken, parol
核弾頭【かくだんとう】
nuclear warhead
初頭【しょとう】
beginning (of a century, etc.)
出頭【しゅっとう】
appearance, presence, attendance, surrender (e.g. to the police), turning oneself in
教頭【きょうとう】
deputy head teacher, vice principal
音頭【おんど】
lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.), (someone's) lead, folk song and dance performed by a group, leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)
口頭弁論【こうとうべんろん】
oral proceedings, oral pleadings
頭打ち【あたまうち】
reaching a peak, reaching the limit, plateauing, maxing out
前頭【まえがしら】
rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division
頭文字【かしらもじ】
first letter of a word, capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence), initials (of one's name)
年頭【ねんとう】
beginning of the year, the oldest person
