JLPT N5 vocabulary

頭meaning and reading

Reading and pitch accent

あたま3Odaka · falls afteralso 2

Meaning

  1. head
  2. hair on one's head
  3. mind, brains, intellect
  4. leader, chief, boss, captain
  5. top, tip
  6. beginning, start
  7. head, person
  8. (abbreviation) down payment, deposit
  9. (mahjong, colloquial) pair
Illustration of 頭

Example sentences

  1. こんなに頭あたまが痛くいたて、病気びょうきでなくてなんだろう。

    My head hurts so much I must be sick.

  2. ピカチューはあなたより頭あたまがいいみたいだなぁ。

    It seems like Pikachu is smarter than you.

  3. 弟おとうとは昨日きのうの試験しけんに落ちおた。 頭あたまがよくないと言ういより全然ぜんぜん勉強べんきょうしなかったせいだ。

    My little brother failed the exam yesterday. Rather than saying that he is not smart, it is because he did not study at all.