Illustration: Just before opening a Japanese neighborhood grocery shop, the store manager stands between the checkout and entrance with the shop's keys in hand. One employee waits with a produce crate as the manager indicates its display position; another presents a troublesome cash-drawer tray for help.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

店てん長ちょう

tenchou

store manager

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは取引銀行とりひきぎんこうの店長てんちょうに好意的こういてきな印象いんしょうを与あたえた。

    He made a favorable impression on his bank manager.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 現在げんざいは、2代目だいめ店長てんちょうの今井香子氏いまいきょうこしが経営けいえいしている。

    The cafe is currently run by Ms. Kyoko IMAI, the second-generation manager.

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

  3. 店長てんちょうは明日あしたの営業用えいぎょうように、スープの仕込しこみをしていた。

    The store manager was preparing soup to serve the next day.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 店長

  • 店store; shopOnテンKunみせ・たな
  • 長long; leaderOnチョウKunながい・おさ

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