首【くび】
neck, head, dismissal (from a job), firing, sacking
首【おびと】
Obito (hereditary title, often given to powerful regional families)
首【しゅ】
counter for songs and poems
首【かしら】
head (of a doll)
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
首都圏【しゅとけん】
Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area, metropolitan area (of a capital)
首位【しゅい】
first place, head position, leading position
元首【げんしゅ】
sovereign, ruler, head of state
一首【いっしゅ】
one tanka, one poem
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)
機首【きしゅ】
nose (of plane)
縛り首【しばりくび】
(death by) hanging
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
