町長

Japanese

Kanji in this term
町	長
ちょう Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 2
goon	on'yomi

Etymology

From 町(ちょう) (chō, “town”) + 長(ちょう) (-chō, “head”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちょーちょー [chóꜜòchòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

町(ちょう)長(ちょう) • (chōchō) ^{←ちやうちやう (tyautyau)^?}

town mayor

See also

市(し)長(ちょう) (shichō)
村(そん)長(ちょう) (sonchō)

References

^ 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