長ちょう
Meanings
Noun
1. head; chief; leader; elder
Although I am called a chief, I have no other subordinates, you know.
2. merit; strong point
3. superiority
4. major
Kanji used
long
Pitch accent
ちょ
う
Top 2000
Used in vocabulary (311 in total)
president (of a society); chairman
captain; commander; commanding officer; leader
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
leader of a group
company president; manager; director
chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman; chairwoman; president
head of the student council; president of the student council
village headman; village mayor
board chairman; managing director; chief director
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
section manager; section chief
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
captain (of a warship)
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)
squad leader; group leader; team leader
long distance; long haul; long-distance race
full length; total length; overall length
head chef; master chef
(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
division commander
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
general manager; director-general
long journey; long trip
length (of an animal); body length
platoon commander; section commander
branch manager; manager of a branch office
commanding officer
long period (of time)
eldest brother
senior; older; third-year kindergarten student
leader of a group of juvenile delinquents
manager; purser
dormitory leader; dormitory superintendent
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe; increasing
chief guard; warden
robe; long garment
battalion commander
teachers, superiors, and men of prominence
master sergeant; sergeant major (JSDF)
head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation
long life; longevity; long-lived; long-running (e.g. TV program)
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)
regimental commander
chairman; leader of a troupe; proprietor of a theatrical company
squad leader; divisional officer
millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town
growth (of a plant)
factory manager; plant superintendent; works manager
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
longevity; eternal life; cycle that can be repeated indefinitely and neither group dies
longest; oldest
class president; head class representative
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
captain (of an aircraft)
(Japanese Imperial Navy) chief warrant-officer
head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
medical director; chief physician
something long; useless things; white elephant; boondoggle
leading private (JSDF)
district headman; head county official
head patrol officer
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
one's superior; senior; elder
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
captain (of a midget submarine, torpedo boat, etc.); skipper (of a small boat); coxswain; length of a boat
director of a hospital
head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward
class representative; head of class
head of a police station; chief of a police station; superintendent
school principal; headmaster
station master
slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.); being slightly older
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
chief of protocol
(relative) length; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points
police sergeant
associate editor; deputy editor
dean (of a university faculty)
long (defensive) wall; Great Wall of China
Changsha (China)
head of a monastic institution; abbot; prior; abbess; prioress; mother superior
tedious; verbose; wordy; redundancy
with profound (and often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
superintendent priest; chief abbot
Chief Cabinet Secretary
crown (of creation); apex; the best
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
shock troop commander; spearhead of a shock unit
head chef; head cook
longhair (e.g. cat)
leader of a special attack unit (esp. kamikaze units in WWII); person who charges in first against opponents (esp. in a bōsōzoku gang)
long snake; long line (of people, etc.)
chief navigator; navigating officer; navigator; sailing master
chief of the general affairs department (bureau); chief of the executive section
leader of a cheering group; head cheerleader
long hit; slugging; extra-base hit
senior executive manager
bandmaster; conductor
superintendent of education
head of a branch; branch office manager; bureau chief
one's elders or superiors
long (esp. of photographic film); lengthy
wing length (esp. of a bird); wingspan (esp. of an aircraft)
head of a martial arts organization (organisation)
chief factor; chief trader
director of a medical clinic
long sides of a rectangle
head of personnel department
long night; all night
superintending prosecutor
long sound; prolonged sound; long vowel
long period of time
sighing deeply; giving a deep sigh
length of a blade
combat commander
director (of an observatory)
managing editor; chief editor
chief superintendent (police)
the best medicine (i.e. sake)
young and old
long talk; long-winded speech
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
rapid progress; great strides
Tenchō era (824.1.5-834.1.3)
long operating life; long service life; long life
long period of time
superior; supervisor
dolichocephaly
ellipse; oval
Chōtoku era (995.2.22-999.1.13)
Chōroku era (1457.9.28-1460.12.21)
dash (in Morse code)
chairman of executive council (usu. of a party); chairman of the general affairs committee
Chief Cabinet Secretary (1879-1947)
burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)
lengthy lecture
major axis; line of apsides; apse line
assistant chief of staff, g1
longhorn; longicorn
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)
slugging percentage
wingspan (of a bird); wingspread
unproductive growth (of a plant or tree)
head of business department
Speaker of the House (US, etc.)
heads of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
chief nurse (in the army)
amorous man; henpecked husband
assistant chief of staff, g3
Chōgen era (1028.7.25-1037.4.21)
perimeter; circumference
elliptical shape; oval shape
major chord; major triad
prolate spheroid
long swimming pool lane (50 meters or more)
chief customs inspector
prelate; prior; abbot
block size; block length
Ōchō era (1311.4.28-1312.3.20)
Chōwa era (1012.12.25-1017.4.23)
one's superiors; one's seniors
captain of a thousand
shift supervisor
Nagasaki University (abbr)
geminate consonant; geminated consonant
horizontally condensed type; font compressed by width
longitudinal direction
Dīgha Nikaya; Collection of Long Discourses
most experienced chanko cook in the sumo stable
record length; record size
register length
executive committee chairperson; action committee president; executive chairman
branch manager; branch office head; director of a local chapter
crown-rump length; CRL
word-length; word size
impulse response length
military band master
long-term credit bank; LTCB
leg length (welding); length of fillet weld
double length register; double register
axial length (of the eye)
captain of the guard
longhorn; long-horned cattle
mountain avens (Dryas octopetala); eightpetal mountain-avens; white dryas; white dryad
albacore (Thunnus alalunga); longfin tuna
China rose (Rosa chinensis)
superior; excellent; outstanding
Examples (4 in total)
An organization falls into disorder without a leader.
Although I am called a chief, I have no other subordinates, you know.
Jim Waller is a strong candidate for the post of sales manager.