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JLPT N5 · Noun

頭 (atama)

頭 (あたま, atama) is a Japanese noun meaning “head”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
あたま
Romaji
atama
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. head · noun
  2. hair (on one's head) · noun
  3. mind; brains; intellect · noun
  4. leader; chief; boss; captain · noun
  5. top; tip · noun

Example sentences

アリスは頭に花をさしています。
Alice has a flower in her hair.
Tatoeba #229971
私、ケンと付き合ってるの。彼って、カッコ良くて優しくて、頭もいいの。おまけに、独身よ！
I'm going with Ken. He is cool, gentle and smart. What's more, he is single!
Tatoeba #168116

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 頭

頭
head, counter for large animalsトウ・ズ・あたま・かしら · 16 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 頭.

頭痛ずつうheadache頭脳ずのうhead先頭せんとうhead (of a line, group, etc.)口頭こうとうoral街頭がいとう(on the) street冒頭ぼうとうbeginning

Source: JMdict entry 1582310 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.