"総長" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [so̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː] Forms: 総長 [canonical] (ruby: (そう), (ちょう)), sōchō [romanization], soutyau [romanization], そうちやう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From 総(そう) (sō, “of highest or supreme rank”) + 長(ちょう) (chō, “chief, head, president”). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|総|そう|長|ちょう|t1=of highest or supreme rank|t2=chief, head, president}} 総(そう) (sō, “of highest or supreme rank”) + 長(ちょう) (chō, “chief, head, president”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|そうちょう|hhira=そうちやう}} 総(そう)長(ちょう) • (sōchō) ^(←そうちやう (soutyau)?)
  1. a chief of a whole system
    Sense id: en-総長-ja-noun-WjMhJXpE Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 11 40 49
  2. (in America) president of a university; (in Britain) chancellor of a university
    Sense id: en-総長-ja-noun-HQDBn44E Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 11 40 49
  3. secretary-general
    Sense id: en-総長-ja-noun-P60ZFcAi Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 10 88 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 3 12 84 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 12 85 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 11 40 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 12 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 13 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 8 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 検事総長 (kenji sōchō) (ruby: (けん), (), (そう), (ちょう)) (english: attorney general), 事務総長 (jimu sōchō) (ruby: (), (), (そう), (ちょう)) (english: secretary-general), 国連事務総長 (kokuren jimu sōchō) (ruby: (こく), (れん), (), (), (そう), (ちょう)) (english: UN Secretary General)
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "attorney general",
      "roman": "kenji sōchō",
      "ruby": [
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          "検",
          "けん"
        ],
        [
          "事",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "総",
          "そう"
        ],
        [
          "長",
          "ちょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "検事総長"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "secretary-general",
      "roman": "jimu sōchō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "事",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "務",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "総",
          "そう"
        ],
        [
          "長",
          "ちょう"
        ]
      ],
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    },
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      "roman": "kokuren jimu sōchō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "国",
          "こく"
        ],
        [
          "連",
          "れん"
        ],
        [
          "事",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "務",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "総",
          "そう"
        ],
        [
          "長",
          "ちょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "国連事務総長"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "そーちょー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[so̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "総長"
}
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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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      "english": "attorney general",
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          "検",
          "けん"
        ],
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          "事",
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          "総",
          "そう"
        ],
        [
          "長",
          "ちょう"
        ]
      ],
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    },
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      "english": "secretary-general",
      "roman": "jimu sōchō",
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        [
          "事",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "務",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "総",
          "そう"
        ],
        [
          "長",
          "ちょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "事務総長"
    },
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      "english": "UN Secretary General",
      "roman": "kokuren jimu sōchō",
      "ruby": [
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          "国",
          "こく"
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          "連",
          "れん"
        ],
        [
          "事",
          "じ"
        ],
        [
          "務",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "総",
          "そう"
        ],
        [
          "長",
          "ちょう"
        ]
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      "word": "国連事務総長"
    }
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        "3": "長",
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        "t2": "chief, head, president"
      },
      "expansion": "総(そう) (sō, “of highest or supreme rank”) + 長(ちょう) (chō, “chief, head, president”)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 総(そう) (sō, “of highest or supreme rank”) + 長(ちょう) (chō, “chief, head, president”).",
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      "form": "総長",
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          "総",
          "そう"
        ],
        [
          "長",
          "ちょう"
        ]
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    }
  ],
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
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        "a chief of a whole system"
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      ],
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        "secretary-general"
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      "other": "そーちょー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[so̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "総長"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 総長 meaning in Japanese (2.5kB)

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