Illustration: In a Japanese political party’s meeting room, its leader stands at a bank of microphones while the party’s lawmakers gather behind her. Everyone wears the same small geometric lapel emblem, also repeated on a plain fabric backdrop without lettering.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

党とう首しゅ

toushu

party leader

Example sentences

  1. 政友会せいゆうかいは議会ぎかいでの孤立こりつと党首とうしゅ不在ふざいという2つの非常事態ひじょうじたいに陥おちいった。

    And this internal unrest drove the Seiyukai into a state of emergency, in which the party had to suffer the isolation in the Diet and the lack of its leader.

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

  2. また自由党じゆうとう党首とうしゅ時代じだい、隈板内閣わいはんないかくでも迷走めいそうすることも多おおかった。

    Also, when he was the leader of Liberal Party, his attitudes and thoughts were often inconsistent with the Waihan Cabinet.

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

  3. この間かん、立憲政友会りっけんせいゆうかいと立憲国民党りっけんこくみんとうの提携ていけいが成立せいりつし、とくに立憲政友会党員りっけんせいゆうかいとういんの尾崎行雄おざきゆきおや立憲国民党りっけんこくみんとう党首とうしゅの犬養毅いぬかいつよしが中心ちゅうしんとなって活躍かつやくした。

    Meanwhile, the Seiyukai and the Kokuminto formed an alliance thanks to the great efforts of a member of the Seiyukai, YUKIO OZAKI, and the Kokuminto leader, Tsuyoshi INUKAI.

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

Kanji in 党首

  • 党party; factionOnトウKunなかま・むら
  • 首neck; counter for songs and poemsOnシュKunくび

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