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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

院いん長ちょう

inchou

head of an institution

Often means the director of a hospital or clinic. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. オルガンティノはこのセミナリヨの院長いんちょうとして働はたらいた。

    Organtino served as the dean of this seminario.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. その後ご、学校法人学習院がっこうほうじんがくしゅういん院長いんちょうから政治家せいじかに転身てんしん。

    Later, he changed from the president of The Gakushuin School Corporation to a statesman.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. この頃ころ、大阪胃腸病院おおさかいちょうびょういんの院長いんちょう湯川家ゆかわかの婿養子むこようしとなり、小川姓おがわせいから湯川姓ゆかわせいとなる。

    He was adopted by his wife’s family Yukawa, whose family head was the director of Osaka Gastrointestinal Hospital at that time, while changing his family name from Ogawa to Yukawa.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 院長

  • 院Inst.; institutionOnイン
  • 長long; leaderOnチョウKunながい・おさ

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