総長

Japanese

Kanji in this term
総	長
そう Grade: 5	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
總長 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 総(そう) (sō, “of highest or supreme rank”) + 長(ちょう) (chō, “chief, head, president”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そーちょー [sóꜜòchòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [so̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

総(そう)長(ちょう) • (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

検(けん)事(じ)総(そう)長(ちょう) (kenji sōchō, “attorney general”)
事(じ)務(む)総(そう)長(ちょう) (jimu sōchō, “secretary-general”)
国(こく)連(れん)事(じ)務(む)総(そう)長(ちょう) (kokuren jimu sōchō, “UN Secretary General”)

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
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN