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市長 (しちょう, shichou) Japanese meaning: mayor | Kotomora
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The new mayor will take office next month.
The mayor announced the plan at a press conference.
Usage patterns 〈 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
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
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
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
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
He resigned as mayor after the scandal.
Related words 市長 is the head of a city, while 区長 is the head of a ward, a smaller administrative unit.
市長 is the mayor of a 市 (city), a larger municipality than the 町 (town) that 町長 governs.
市長 is the mayor of a city (市), a larger administrative unit than a village governed by 村長.
Don't confuse with· 6 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.
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.
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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Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound of 市, 'city' or 'municipality,' and 長, 'chief' or 'head,' literally 'head of a city.'
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.
市長 is the mayor (the top official), whereas 助役 is the deputy who assists and acts under the mayor.
市長 is a city mayor, a separate and lower office than 県知事, who governs an entire prefecture.
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