(しゅきゅう(首級);しるし) (n) decapitated head of an enemy [EDICT]
(あたま(頭)(P);かしら(P);かぶり(頭);こうべ;ず(頭);つむり(頭);つぶり(頭);つむ(頭);かぶ(頭)(ok)) (n) (1) head; (2) (あたま only) mind; brain; intellect; (3) (あたま, かしら only) top; (4) (あたま, かしら only) hair (on one's head); (5) (つむり only) bangs; fringe; (6) (かしら only) top structural component of a kanji; (P) [EDICT]
(shǒu, ㄕㄡˇ) head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc [CE-DICT]
の
() (prt) endorsing and questioning the preceding statement (sentence ending particle); lamenting reflections on the preceding statement (sentence ending particle) [EDICT]
() (prt) (1) although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; (2) while; (3) if only; I wish; (4) I tell you; you should do; (5) in order to; (P) [EDICT]