市し長ちょう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

mayor

Refers specifically to the elected or official head of a 市, a city or municipality. Used as a title after a name as well as an ordinary noun.

〈人ひと〉が市し長ちょうに当とう選せんするfor someone to be elected mayor
彼かれは先せん月げつの選せん挙きょで市し長ちょうに当とう選せんした。
He was elected mayor in last month's election.
市し長ちょうに立りっ候こう補ほするto run as a candidate for mayor
彼かの女じょは次つぎの選せん挙きょで市し長ちょうに立りっ候こう補ほするつもりだ。
She plans to run for mayor in the next election.
市し長ちょうを務つとめるto serve as mayor
彼かれは十じゅう年ねん間かん市し長ちょうを務つとめた。
He served as mayor for ten years.
市し長ちょうに就しゅう任にんするto take office as mayor
新あたらしい市し長ちょうが来らい月げつ就しゅう任にんする。
The new mayor will take office next month.
市し長ちょうを辞じ任にんするto resign from the position of mayor
スキャンダルの後あと、市し長ちょうを辞じ任にんした。
He resigned as mayor after the scandal.

区く長ちょう
市長 is the head of a city, while 区長 is the head of a ward, a smaller administrative unit.
町ちょう長ちょう
市長 is the mayor of a 市 (city), a larger municipality than the 町 (town) that 町長 governs.
村そん長ちょう
市長 is the mayor of a city (市), a larger administrative unit than a village governed by 村長.

知ち事じN3
市長 is the head of a city (市), while 知事 is the head of a prefecture (県); learners often confuse the jurisdiction level.
町ちょう長ちょう
市長 governs a 市 (city), whereas 町長 governs a smaller 町 (town), so the two are easily mixed up despite the parallel role.
村そん長ちょう
市長 is the mayor of a city, while 村長 is the head of a village (村); both are local leaders but for different sizes of municipality.

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視し聴ちょう
市長 (mayor) shares the same reading しちょう with 視聴 (watching/viewing) but has a completely unrelated meaning, so context is needed to tell them apart when heard.
助じょ役やく
市長 is the mayor (the top official), whereas 助役 is the deputy who assists and acts under the mayor.
県けん知ち事じ
市長 is a city mayor, a separate and lower office than 県知事, who governs an entire prefecture.

A Sino-Japanese compound of 市, 'city' or 'municipality,' and 長, 'chief' or 'head,' literally 'head of a city.'