► 名詞
長 [(1)ちょう] [liter] meaning: manager rank: 3
☆ それは長の立場にある者のすることではない ⇨ That’s not something someone in the position of a manger is supposed to do
☆ 一家の長 ⇨ The head of a family
► 接尾辞
長 [(1)ちょう] meaning: manager rank: 2
☆ 彼は大学の学長だ ⇨ He is the dean of a college
☆ 彼は病院の院長だ ⇨ He is the chief doctor of a hospital
More examples:
- 彼は長い階段を息を切らせながら登った ⇨ He walked up the long stairs breathing laboriously
- 彼は剛腕社長で有名だ ⇨ He’s famous as an aggressive, ruthless and successful CEO
- 彼は一角の人物に成長した ⇨ He grew into a prominent person
- これは帯に短し襷に長しだ (おびにみじかしたすきにながし) ⇨ This is too short for a belt, too long for a band. Not good for anything
- 長さ10メートル ⇨ 10 meters in length
- 社長の鶴の一声で計画はポシャった (つるのひとこえ) ⇨ The project was canceled by the CEO’s decision
- 缶詰食品は長期間保存が可能だ ⇨ Canned food can be stored for a long period of time
- 潜伏期間の長い感染症 ⇨ An infectious disease with a long dormant period
- 彼女は長い髪をしている ⇨ She has long hair
- 長年の苦労で彼は身も心もボロボロになった ⇨ He has become worn out physically and mentally by many years of hardship
- 店長 ⇨ A store manager
- 彼は社長を退任して会長になった ⇨ He retired as the CEO and became an honorary CEO
- 彼は技術長を経て社長になった ⇨ He became the CEO after serving as the engineering director
- 長生きの秘訣 ⇨ The secret to long healthy life
- あんなバカに社長が勤まるとは思えない ⇨ I can’t imagine that idiot can function as, fulfil the responsibility of, a CEO