総長
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Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 総 | 長 |
| そう Grade: 5 |
ちょう Grade: 2 |
| on’yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 總長 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]From 総 (sō, “of highest or supreme rank”) + 長 (chō, “chief, head, president”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]総長 • (sōchō) ←そうちやう (soutyau)?
- a chief of a whole system
- (in America) president of a university; (in Britain) chancellor of a university
- secretary-general
Derived terms
[edit]- 検事総長 (kenji sōchō, “attorney general”)
- 事務総長 (jimu sōchō, “secretary-general”)
- 国連事務総長 (kokuren jimu sōchō, “UN Secretary General”)
References
[edit]- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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- Japanese terms spelled with 総 read as そう
- Japanese terms spelled with 長 read as ちょう
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
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- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters