chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman; chairwoman; president
squad leader; group leader; team leader
company president; manager; director
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
head of the student council; president of the student council
vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager
president (of a society); chairman
leader of a group of juvenile delinquents
chairman; leader of a troupe; proprietor of a theatrical company
head of a branch; branch office manager; bureau chief
section manager; section chief
slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.); being slightly older
long hit; slugging; extra-base hit
albacore (Thunnus alalunga); longfin tuna
captain; commander; commanding officer; leader
village headman; village mayor
board chairman; managing director; chief director
head (of an office, laboratory, etc.); chief
principal; head teacher; headmaster; headmistress
director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.); superintendent; rector
patriarch; head of a family
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
headmaster; principal; dean; provost; rector
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
secretary (government); director; chief
long time; several hours; long spell
president (of a university); vice-chancellor; secretary-general; director; leader (esp. of a biker gang)
bureau director; office chief
deputy head; deputy director; vice chief (of something); executive officer (navy)
Chōshū; (former) Nagato Province
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
long hair (usu. of a man)
long distance; long haul; long-distance race
full length; total length; overall length
(university) president; chancellor; principal; provost
chief (of police); head (of office)
head of a family; patriarch; matriarch
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
general manager; director-general
length (of an animal); body length
platoon commander; section commander
branch manager; manager of a branch office
senior; older; third-year kindergarten student
dormitory leader; dormitory superintendent
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe; increasing
teachers, superiors, and men of prominence
master sergeant; sergeant major (JSDF)
long life; longevity; long-lived; long-running (e.g. TV program)
head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation
principal of a private school
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help; disservice
leading private (Imperial Japanese Army); leading seaman (Imperial Japanese Navy)
squad leader; divisional officer
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
one's superior; one's elder; one's senior; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person
factory manager; plant superintendent; works manager
longevity; eternal life; cycle that can be repeated indefinitely and neither group dies
class president; head class representative
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
(Japanese Imperial Navy) chief warrant-officer
head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir
medical director; chief physician
district headman; head county official
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
one's superior; senior; elder
something long; useless things; white elephant; boondoggle
chief secretary (usu. of a party); secretary-general
general secretary (of a party, union, etc.); secretary-general; chief secretary
Yangtze River (China); Changjiang River; long river
thinking (about a matter) for a long time; contemplating for a long time; lengthy consideration; pondering
head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward
captain (of a midget submarine, torpedo boat, etc.); skipper (of a small boat); coxswain; length of a boat
class representative; head of class
head of a police station; chief of a police station; superintendent
school principal; headmaster
slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.); being slightly older
secretary-general; director-general; executive director; executive secretary
eldest sister; oldest sister
department head; division manager; head of a department
(relative) length; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points
associate editor; deputy editor
long talk; long-winded speech
dean (of a university faculty)
long (defensive) wall; Great Wall of China
head of a monastic institution; abbot; prior; abbess; prioress; mother superior
shock troop commander; spearhead of a shock unit
with profound (and often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
tedious; verbose; wordy; redundancy
superintendent priest; chief abbot
leader of a special attack unit (esp. kamikaze units in WWII); person who charges in first against opponents (esp. in a bōsōzoku gang)
chief navigator; navigating officer; navigator; sailing master
chief of the general affairs department (bureau); chief of the executive section
crown (of creation); apex; the best
leader of a cheering group; head cheerleader
superintendent of education
long snake; long line (of people, etc.)
one's elders or superiors
long (esp. of photographic film); lengthy
wing length (esp. of a bird); wingspan (esp. of an aircraft)
director of a medical clinic
head of a martial arts organization (organisation)
chief factor; chief trader
long sides of a rectangle
head of personnel department
long sound; prolonged sound; long vowel
superintending prosecutor
sighing deeply; giving a deep sigh
director (of an observatory)
managing editor; chief editor
chief superintendent (police)
the best medicine (i.e. sake)
chairman of (party) policy bureau; policy chief
senior master sergeant (JASDF)
Shōchō era (1428.4.27-1429.9.5)
right-angled parallelepiped; cuboid; rectangular solid
assistant chief of staff, g2
long operating life; long service life; long life
Tenchō era (824.1.5-834.1.3)
Chōtoku era (995.2.22-999.1.13)
Chōroku era (1457.9.28-1460.12.21)
chairman of executive council (usu. of a party); chairman of the general affairs committee
Chief Cabinet Secretary (1879-1947)
rapid progress; great strides
burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)
major axis; line of apsides; apse line
assistant chief of staff, g1
speaker of the lower house
chairman of board of directors
long-term credit bank; LTCB
assistant chief of staff, g2
long-vowel mark; macron; long note
Chōshō era (1132.8.11-1135.4.27)
Chōkan era (1163.3.29-1165.6.5)
head of business department
unproductive growth (of a plant or tree)
Speaker of the House (US, etc.)
chief nurse (in the army)
heads of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
assistant chief of staff, g3
amorous man; henpecked husband
fire captain; fire marshal
Chōgen era (1028.7.25-1037.4.21)
elliptical shape; oval shape
long swimming pool lane (50 meters or more)
mountain avens (Dryas octopetala); eightpetal mountain-avens; white dryas; white dryad
one's superiors; one's seniors
Chōwa era (1012.12.25-1017.4.23)
Ōchō era (1311.4.28-1312.3.20)
China rose (Rosa chinensis)
most experienced chanko cook in the sumo stable
longhorn; long-horned cattle
record length; record size
long precision floating point number
double length register; double register
long-term credit bank; LTCB
axial length (of the eye)
horizontally condensed type; font compressed by width
leg length (welding); length of fillet weld
geminate consonant; geminated consonant
branch manager; branch office head; director of a local chapter
executive committee chairperson; action committee president; executive chairman
Dīgha Nikaya; Collection of Long Discourses
Nagasaki University (abbr)
superior; excellent; outstanding