副ふく知ち事じ

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Meanings

vice-governor; deputy governor; lieutenant governor

Official title for the deputy head of a prefectural government in Japan. Equivalent to a vice-governor or lieutenant governor in other systems.

〈人ひと〉が副ふく知ち事じに就しゅう任にんするfor someone to take office as vice-governor
彼かれは先せん月げつ、東とう京きょう都との副ふく知ち事じに就しゅう任にんした。
He took office as Tokyo's vice-governor last month.
副ふく知ち事じを務つとめるto serve as vice-governor
彼かの女じょは8年ねん間かん、県けんの副ふく知ち事じを務つとめた。
She served as the prefecture's vice-governor for eight years.
〈人ひと〉を副ふく知ち事じに任にん命めいするto appoint someone as vice-governor
知ち事じは元もと官かん僚りょうを副ふく知ち事じに任にん命めいした。
The governor appointed a former bureaucrat as vice-governor.