abovementioned item, something written at the top of a document

muscle, tendon / vein, artery / reason, logic / plot, storyline / counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions / lineage, descent

Counter for long, thin things.

symmetrical pair, left and right pair

cervix (lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina)

(pathology) cervical cancer

Alternative spelling of 刎頸の交わり

a solid friendship of no regret even if one is to be beheaded for the other; friends sworn to death, eternal friendship

to wait eagerly or impatiently

"to strangle with floss-silk": to torture slowly