頭
あたま
hepburn atama
head
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
no decomposition available
Examples
- 頭が痛いです。My head hurts.
- 彼は頭がいいです。He is smart.
Collocations
頭が痛い (headache)頭がいい (smart)頭を下げる (bow head)頭脳 (zunou, brain/mind)頭金 (atamakin, down payment)
Mnemonic
頭 atama — head literally + metaphor "intelligence". Idiom 頭がいい = "smart, sharp-witted". 頭を下げる = "bow one's head/apologize". Onyomi ず (zu): 頭脳 zunou (brain), 頭痛 zutsuu (headache) — medical/formal. The kanji also means "leader/head of".
Quick check
"I have a headache" — medical/formal Japanese?