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長官 (ちょうかん): chief, (government) secretary — Japanese vocabulary

長官 is read ちょうかん and means "chief, (government) secretary". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

長官

Reading
ちょうかん · choukan
Translation
chief, (government) secretary
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ちょうかんが

Example

長官は彼に全権を委任した。

ちょうかんはかれにぜんけんをいにんした。

The governor invested him with full authority.

Kanji in this word

  • 長 — long, leader
  • 官 — Bureaucrat, The Government, Organ

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