首
シュ, くび, おびと, こべ, す

neck, counter for songs and poems

JLPT3 G2 S9 F98

A depiction of a *neck* that runs through *head* and trunk → *top*; *first*; *leader*. Also, *counter for poems/songs* (← counter for poems/songs located at the top of a page ← top).

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