neck / counter for songs and poems / beginning, first

neck (part of the body connecting head and torso) / the neck and head as a whole / dismissal from employment

(archaic) one who rules or commands a group of people: a chief

snake

a snake, serpent / Short for 蛇之助 (janosuke): a heavy drinker

a snake, serpent / a snake (treacherous person)

(obsolete) a snake, serpent

snake, serpent

snake, serpent / snakelike, snaky

(obsolete) a snake, serpent