► 名詞
指導者 [しどうしゃ] meaning: leader rank: 2
☆ 彼には指導者になる資格が無い ⇨ He doesn’t have the qualification to be a leader (☛ Note it is rarely used as “teacher”)
首脳 [しゅのう] meaning: leader rank: 2
☆ EU諸国の首脳が集まった ⇨ The leaders of EU countries got together (☛ Usually political leaders)
将軍 [しょうぐん] meaning: leader rank: 2
☆ シュワーツコフ将軍 ⇨ General Schwarzkopf (☛ A military leader)
☆ 江戸幕府将軍徳川家康 ⇨ The Edo regime shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa (☛ Japanese rulers during the feudal era)
親分 [(1)おやぶん] [coll] meaning: leader rank: 3
☆ ヤクザの親分 ⇨ A yakuza boss
主将 [しゅしょう] meaning: leader rank: 3
☆ 彼は野球チームの主将だ ⇨ He is a baseball team captain (☛ A competition team captain)
隊長 [たいちょう] meaning: leader rank: 3
☆ 消防隊の隊長 ⇨ The captain of a fire-fighting squad (☛ A leader of 隊)
長老 [ちょうろう] meaning: leader rank: 3
☆ 村の長老 ⇨ The senior leader of the village (☛ An elderly leader in a seniority system)
姉御 [あねご] meaning: leader rank: 4
☆ やくざの姉御 ⇨ A female boss of a yakuza (☛ A female gang boss)
親玉 [おやだま] meaning: leader rank: 4
☆ 盗賊の親玉 ⇨ The boss of a theft group
お山の大将 [(5)おやまのたいしょう] meaning: leader rank: 4
☆ お山の大将 ⇨ The king of the hill
御大 [(1)おんたい] meaning: leader rank: 4
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頭 [かしら] meaning: leader rank: 4
☆ 盗賊の頭 ⇨ The head, boss, of the theft gang (☛ Usually negative)
組長 [(2)くみちょう] meaning: leader rank: 4
☆ ヤクザの組長 ⇨ A gang boss (☛ The leader of any 組, but usually refers to a gang boss)
主席 [しゅせき] meaning: leader rank: 4
☆ 毛沢東主席 ⇨ Chairman Mao
首領 [しゅりょう] meaning: leader rank: 4
☆ 盗賊の首領 ⇨ A leader of bandits (☛ A leader of outlaws, pirates, etc.)
女番 [すけばん] [coll] meaning: leader rank: 4
☆ 彼女は高校生の頃スケバンだった ⇨ She was a leader of girl gang when she was in high school
番長 [(1)ばんちょう] meaning: leader rank: 4
☆ 彼は高校生の時番長だった ⇨ He was a bully leader when he was in high school (☛ The leader of bullies at school)
統領 [(1)とうりょう] meaning: leader rank: 5
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