► 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:
- 利用時間は最長二時間です ⇨ You can use it for maximum two hours
- うちのおじいさんは何せ95歳だからそう長くはない ⇨ My grandfather is already 95, so he won’t live much too long
- 彼は社長の娘と打算で結婚した ⇨ He married the owner’s daughter for his career and money
- 新幹線の延長が計画されている ⇨ The extensions of Shinkansen have been planned
- 彼は次期社長になることを内示された ⇨ He was informed of his appointment as the next CEO before an official announcement
- 彼は前社長を追放して後釜に座った ⇨ He had deposed the previous president and became the successor
- 彼はその会社の社長に就任した ⇨ He has become the president of the company
- 彼女は長い下積みの後、初めての映画を監督した ⇨ She finally directed her own movie after many years of apprenticeship
- 彼は長いこと病床に伏している ⇨ He has been on his sickbed for a long time
- 彼は立派な若者に成長した ⇨ He has grown up to be a good young man
- 彼は長いこと風呂に入っていないかのように見える ⇨ He looks as if he hasn’t taken a bath for a while
- 彼女は脚が長い ⇨ With her legs are long. She has long legs
- 彼は社長の下で会社経営の全般を学んだ ⇨ He learned the entire aspects of corporate management under the CEO
- すくすく成長している赤ちゃん ⇨ A baby growing healthily
- 彼は十年間研究所の所長を務めた ⇨ He worked as the director of the research center for 10 years