(anatomy) a cricothyroid muscle

muscle / tendon / have an aptitude / vein / (usually in place names) road

to be fired; to lose one's job

first / top / head / chief / leading

Alternative spelling of 頭 (“head”) (part of the body)

poems and songs

(rare) the first one; a lord

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