総そう理り

noun

prime minister; premier

Common abbreviation of 内閣総理大臣. Used in news, politics, and ordinary speech for the head of a cabinet government, especially Japan's prime minister.

See also: 内閣総理大臣

• 総そう理りは記き者しゃ会かい見けんで新あたらしい方ほう針しんを説せつ明めいした。

  The prime minister explained the new policy at a press conference.

• 彼かれは昨さく年ねん、総そう理りに就しゅう任にんした。

  He became prime minister last year.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

overall supervision; to oversee; leader; president

Original sense: managing or supervising affairs as a whole, or the person in such a position. This use is rare in everyday Japanese and is mostly formal, institutional, or historical; 総理する takes an object such as 会務 or 業務.

• 会かい長ちょうは会かい務むを総そう理りする。

  The chairperson oversees the association's affairs.

• 古ふるい資し料りょうでは、組そ織しきの長ちょうを総そう理りと呼よぶことがある。

  In old documents, the head of an organization is sometimes called a sōri.