大統領

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	統	領
だい Grade: 1	とう Grade: 5	りょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

大 (dai-, “great”) +‎ 統領 (tōryō, “leader”)

Noun

大(だい)統(とう)領(りょう) • (daitōryō) ^{←だいとうりやう (daitouryau)?}

1. a president (the head of state of a republic)
   • 1999 September 16, Motohiro Katou, “ヤコブの階(たい)段(だん) [Jacob’s Stairway]”, in Ｑ.Ｅ.Ｄ. 証(しょう)明(めい)終(しゅう)了(りょう) (Ｑ.Ｅ.Ｄ. 証(しょう)明(めい)終(しゅう)了(りょう)) [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 176:

   • 2003 August 31 [2001 December 24], Reiko Shimizu, “秘密　THE TOP SECRET(トップ・シークレット)　1999 [THE TOP SECRET 1999]”, in 秘密　THE TOP SECRET(トップ・シークレット) [THE TOP SECRET], 12th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, page 9:

     ワシントン　リンカーン　ケネディ　ビル・クリントン　そして今(いま)　ジョン・Ｂ(ビー)・リード‼ 清(せい)廉(れん)潔(けっ)白(ぱく)正(せい)義(ぎ)の人(ひと)————汚(お)点(てん)のない所(ところ)が最(さい)大(だい)の汚(お)点(てん)といわれる程(ほど)クリーンな第(だい)57(ごじゅうしち)代(だい)アメリカ大(だい)統(とう)領(りょう)

     Washinton Rinkān Kenedi Biru Kurinton Soshite ima Jon Bī Rīdo‼ Seiren keppaku seigi no hito————Oten no nai tokoro ga saidai no oten to iwareru hodo kurīn na daigojūshichi-dai Amerika Daitōryō

     Washington. Lincoln. Kennedy. Bill Clinton. And now, John B. Reed!! The man of impartiality, uprightness and justice. — When talking about the 57th President of the United States, it’s no exaggeration to say that his only flaw is that he has none.

Derived terms

• 副(ふく)大(だい)統(とう)領(りょう) (fukudaitōryō, “vice president”)

Descendants

• Korean: 대통령 (daetongnyeong)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
大	統	領

Noun

大統領 • (daetongnyeong) (hangeul 대통령)

1. Hanja form^? of 대통령 (“president of a country”).