Meanings

Diet nomination of a prime minister

incoming prime minister

Hyakunin Isshu karuta

(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu

Shuto Expressway (network of toll expressways in the Kanto region)

decapitated body

oscillating (e.g. fan, engine)

neck fan

leash

leash

previous prime minister (immediately preceding the incumbent)

vice-president of a political party

chief of staff (of US president)

chief of staff (esp. of US president)

scruff of the neck

to rise into importance

oscillating fan

iron face guard that covers the forehead and cheeks (used in the Heian and Kamakura periods)

to behead

executioner