poems and songs

(rare) the first one; a lord

to be fired; to lose one's job

first / top / head / chief / leading

(literary) they (about women or girls)

abovementioned item, something written at the top of a document

beheading (an instance of beheading, as punishment)

tilt one's head in confusion / (idiomatic) be puzzled

stick one's head into / (idiomatic) pry, stick one's nose into

Shuri (a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan) / (historical) Shuri (the capital of the Ryūkyū Kingdom)