村長

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See also: 村长

Chinese

village
long; length; forever
long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
 
trad. (村長)
simp. (村长)

Pronunciation


Noun

村長

  1. village head

Japanese

Kanji in this term
そん
Grade: 1
ちょう
Grade: 2
on'yomi
 市町村長 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From (son, village) +‎ (-chō, head).

Pronunciation

Noun

(そん)(ちょう) (sonchōそんちやう (sontyau)?

  1. (of a village) a mayor

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

村長 (chonjang) (hangeul 촌장)

  1. hanja form? of 촌장