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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

所しょ長ちょう

shochou

head of an office or institute

Example sentences

  1. 所長しょちょうが出でかけている間あいだ、事務所じむしょの責任者せきにんしゃは誰だれになるのですか。

    Who is in charge of the office while the boss is away?

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  2. 鳥井とりいは山崎蒸溜所やまざきじょうりゅうしょの所長しょちょうとして竹鶴たけつるを招まねく。

    Torii invited Taketsuru as the director of Yamazaki Distillery.

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

  3. 山階鳥類研究所やましなちょうるいけんきゅうじょを創設そうせつし、所長しょちょうとなり、日本鳥類研究にっぽんちょうるいけんきゅうの第一人者だいいちにんしゃとして知しられた。

    He founded the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, became the director, and was known as an authority on Japanese bird research.

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

Kanji in 所長

  • 所place; extentOnショKunところ・どころ・とこ
  • 長long; leaderOnチョウKunながい・おさ

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