首相【しゅしょう】
prime minister, chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.), premier
首脳【しゅのう】
head, leader, top, important part
党首【とうしゅ】
party leader
首位【しゅい】
first place, head position, leading position
首都圏【しゅとけん】
Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area, metropolitan area (of a capital)
一首【いっしゅ】
one tanka, one poem
元首【げんしゅ】
sovereign, ruler, head of state
首長【しゅちょう】
head (of organization, organisation), chief, sheikh, emir
首謀【しゅぼう】
plotting, planning (crime, intrigue), ringleader, mastermind, leader (of a plot)
縛り首【しばりくび】
(death by) hanging
機首【きしゅ】
nose (of plane)
首脳部【しゅのうぶ】
executives, top management, governing body
首班【しゅはん】
head, leader, prime minister
首領【しゅりょう】
head, chief, boss, leader
首切り【くびきり】
decapitation, beheading, firings, dismissals, layoffs, downsizing, small samurai sword used for decapitation
船首【せんしゅ】
bow (of boat), prow, stem
百人一首【ひゃくにんいっしゅ】
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu, classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets, hyakunin isshu karuta, hyakunin isshu poetry cards
首筋【くびすじ】
nape of the neck, back of the neck, scruff of the neck
絞首刑【こうしゅけい】
death by hanging, execution by hanging
首飾り【くびかざり】
necklace, choker
