The Japanese word for head is
頭

あたま - atama

head

Japanese Definition

head
1. 名詞. 頭あたま。
Be careful when you pet that dog on the head; it may bite.
その犬の頭を撫でる時には気をつけてね、噛むかもよ。
2. 名詞. （精神活動としての）頭脳。
The company is looking for people with good heads for business.
この会社は、ビジネスに関して頭がいい人材を探している。
He has no head for heights.
彼は高いところが気にならない。
3. 名詞. 考え。
This song keeps going through my head.
この曲が頭の中を回り続けている。
4. 名詞. 冒頭。
What does it say on the head of the page?
5. 名詞. 長方形のテーブルにおける上座。
During meetings, the supervisor usually sits at the head of the table.
6. 形容詞. 頭の。
7. 形容詞. 主要な。
The head cook.
8. 形容詞. 最上位を占める。
9. 形容詞. 先頭の。
head sea
head wind
10. 動詞. 他動詞～を取り仕切る。
Who heads the board of trustees?
11. 動詞. 他動詞ヘディングをする。
12. 動詞. 自動詞へさきを向ける。
13. 動詞. (釣) 頭を執る。
The salmon are first headed and then scaled.
鮭はまず頭を取ってから測定される。

頭
1. n. head (body part)
頭が痛い。 - My head hurts.
2. counter. a head, as when counting people, or cattle or other livestock
3. n. 頭: the head as a whole
4. n. 頭: boss, leader
5. n. 頭: top part of a Chinese character
6. n. 頭, 首: the head of a doll
7. n. head
8. n. (obsolete) head
9. n. head
10. n. hair of the head
11. n. head
12. n. (derogatory) head
13. n. Usage: Often spelled in hiragana, as (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, どたま).
14. n. head
15. n. Usage: This reading is more often found in compounds, such as (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 頭痛, tr=zutsū, , a headache).
16. counter. counter for certain relatively large animals, or for livestock animals; "head".
合わせて 1300 頭余りが出荷され、全国各地に流通した。 - Altogether over 1300 head of cattle have been distributed throughout the country.
三頭の北極熊 - three polar bears
一頭の羊 - one sheep
17. counter. counter for insects (used only in biology)
18. n. head

頭部
1. n. head (part of the body)
2. n. head (topmost or leading part)

チーフ
1. n. chief

泡
1. n. bubble
2. n. foam, head on carbonated beverages such as beer

向かい
1. n. opposite side, across the street

校長
1. n. principal or headteacher of a school

監督
1. n. director, supervisor, manager, superintendent
キューブリック監督の映画 - film directed by Mr. Kubrick
野球チームの監督 - manager of a baseball team
2. n. direction, supervision, control
〜の監督の下に - under the direction/supervision of...
試験の監督をする - to supervise an exam
3. v. to direct; to supervise; to manage
子供を監督する - to supervise children

冒頭
1. n. (from the 1880s) the lead-in, the head, the introductory portion, the beginning of a text
2. n. (from the early 1900s) the beginning q, more generally
(synonyms, ja, 始め, tr1=hajime, 始まり, tr2=hajimari)
3. v. to lead into a text, to make introductory remarks