編集長

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Japanese

 編集長 on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
編 集 長
へん
Grade: 5 		しゅう
Grade: 3 		ちょう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

編(へん)集(しゅう) (henshū, “editing”) + 長(ちょう) (-chō, “chief”)

Pronunciation

Noun

編(へん)集(しゅう)長(ちょう) • (henshūchō) ←へんしふちやう (fensifutyau)?

  1. an editor in chief
    • 1993 November 25 , Mitsuru Adachi, “第(だい)27話(わ)　直(なお)人(と)の想(おも)い ”, in (SLOW STEP) , 11th edition, volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, pages 93–94:
      きれいな星(ほし)空(ぞら)だね
      Kirei na hoshizora da ne
      Look at that beautiful starry sky
      ……また始(はじ)まったな
      ……Mata hajimatta na
      ……It’s happened again
      あ　流(なが)れ星(ぼし)
      A nagareboshi
      Ah, a shooting star
      何(なに)か　願(ねが)い事(ごと)した？
      Nani ka Negaigoto shita?
      What’d you wish for?
      どうぞ編(へん)集(しゅう)長(ちょう)が怒(おこ)りませんようにって……
      Dōzo henshūchō ga okorimasen yō nitte……
      I wished the editor-in-chief wouldn’t be mad at me……
      —大(だい)丈(じょう)夫(ぶ)　やさしい人(ひと)だもん
      —Daijōbu yasashii hito da mon
      —Don’t worry, he’s very easy-going
      いいかげんにしろ！
      Iikagen ni shiro!
      You irresponsible bastard!

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (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 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 “編集長Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 ‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
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