町長

Japanese

Kanji in this term
町	長
ちょう Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 2
goon	on’yomi

Etymology

From 町(ちょう) (chō, “town”) + 長(ちょう) (-chō, “head”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちょーちょー [chóꜜòchòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

町(ちょう)長(ちょう) • (chōchō) ^{←ちやうちやう (tyautyau)^?}

town mayor

See also

市(し)長(ちょう) (shichō)
村(そん)長(ちょう) (sonchō)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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