会長

See also: 會長 and 会长

Japanese

Kanji in this term
会	長
かい Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
會長 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

会 (kai, “group; society”) +‎ 長 (-chō, “head”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かいちょー [kàíchóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [ka̠it͡ɕo̞ː]

Homophones: 快暢, 快調, 戒牒, 改丁, 怪鳥, 海鳥, 海潮, 開庁, 開帳, 開張, 階調, 解嘲, 諧調

Noun

会(かい)長(ちょう) • (kaichō) ^{←くわいちやう (kwaityau)^?}

(of a committee, company, society, etc.) a chairman; a president
- 1990 June 25 [1990 February 17], George Morikawa, “Round(ラウンド) ２(ツー)　カメ作(さく)戦(せん) [Round 2: The Turtle Strategy]”, in はじめの一(いっ)歩(ぽ) THE(ザ) FIGHTING(ファイティング)! (はじめの一(いっ)歩(ぽ) THE(ザ) FIGHTING(ファイティング)!) [The First Step: THE FIGHTING!], 3rd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 68:
  
  おやっ　会(かい)長(ちょう)　レナードとハーンズですか？
  Oya' kaichō Renādo to Hānzu desu ka?
  Hey, chief. You’re watching Leonard and Hearns?

References

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

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