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

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

poems and songs

(rare) the first one; a lord

to be fired; to lose one's job

first / top / head / chief / leading

lacking a clear attitude or action; hesitantly

a song; to sing / Japanese poetry; waka