► 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:
- 議長は会員が持ち回りでやっている ⇨ The members take turns and serve as the chairperson
- 社長の息子が跡継ぎになる ⇨ The son of the CEO will be the successor
- 彼は立派な若者に成長した ⇨ He has grown up to be a good young man
- 彼等は長年同じ道場で切磋琢磨してきた ⇨ They have been competing and improving each other at the same training center for years
- この文章はやたらと長くて区切りが分かりにくい ⇨ This sentence is way too long and hard to tell where breaks are
- 彼女は長目の髪をしている ⇨ She has medium-long hair
- 店の前に長い行列が出来ている ⇨ There is a long line in front of the store
- 彼は長いこと外国で生活している ⇨ He’s been living abroad for a long time
- そんな気長な事で本当にいいの？ ⇨ Is it really OK to be relaxed like that? Don’t you need some urgency?
- 織田信長は戦国時代の最も有名な武将の一人だ ⇨ Nobunaga Oda is one of the most well-known military generals in the Warring period
- 社長の後継者 ⇨ The successor of the CEO
- 彼は長年の共同経営者と決別した ⇨ He cut the ties with his business partner of many years
- 新しい学長を選挙して決めた ⇨ They held an election and chose the new dean
- 病院長 ⇨ A hospital CEO
- 試合は延長戦に持ち越された ⇨ The game has been carried over to an overtime