"部長" meaning in Japanese

See 部長 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [bɯ̟t͡ɕo̞ː] Forms: 部長 [canonical] (ruby: (), (ちょう)), buchō [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ぶちょう}} 部(ぶ)長(ちょう) • (buchō)
  1. A department chief within a company; analogous to a vice president in an American company.
    Sense id: en-部長-ja-noun-v4sCYpBM 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 non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Occupations Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 83 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 83 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 77 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 87 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 83 17 Disambiguation of Occupations: 72 28
  2. The head/leader of a 部 (bu) – division, school club, etc.
    Sense id: en-部長-ja-noun-f~2eXX3n Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 54 46
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          "vice president",
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    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
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Download raw JSONL data for 部長 meaning in Japanese (1.3kB)

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