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総裁 (そうさい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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自じ 民みん 党とう の 総そう 裁さい 選せん 挙きょ が 来らい 月げつ 行おこな わ れる 。
The LDP presidential election will be held next month.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 総そう 裁さい に 就しゅう 任にん する for someone to take office as president/director general
He will take office as Governor of the Bank of Japan next month.
総そう 裁さい の 任にん 期き the term of office of the president/director general
The term of office for the president is set at three years.
〈 人ひと 〉 が 総そう 裁さい 選せん に 出しゅつ 馬ば する for someone to run in a party leadership election
Three candidates ran in the party leadership election.
総そう 裁さい を 選せん 出しゅつ する to elect/select a president or director general
A new party leader was elected through a vote of party members.
Related words· 8 社長 is the everyday word for a company president or CEO, while 総裁 is reserved for heads of political parties, central banks, or major institutions and carries a more formal, institutional weight.
会長 usually refers to a chairman who holds a more ceremonial or board-level position, whereas 総裁 implies active executive leadership, especially in political or financial organizations.
理事長 is the director general of a foundation, hospital, or nonprofit board, while 総裁 is used for higher-profile institutions like political parties or central banks.
総裁 typically refers to the president or head of a political party or large organization, while 総帥 emphasizes supreme, often military-flavored command over a group.
Show 4 more 総裁 refers to a president or director-general of an organization (often political or corporate), while 総監 is specifically an inspector general or commissioner with supervisory authority over a force or agency.
総裁 is a formal title (like 'president') that some parties use for their head, whereas 党首 is a generic descriptive term usable for any party's leader.
総裁 is used for the head of a central bank or large public organization (e.g. 日本銀行総裁), whereas 頭取 refers to the head of an ordinary commercial bank.
Etymology Composed of 総 (overall, general) and 裁 (judge, decide), suggesting a person with overall decision-making authority. The term was adopted in modern Japanese for high-level organizational heads.
長ちょう 官かん
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総裁 is used for the head of certain corporations, parties, or special institutions (like the Bank of Japan), whereas 長官 specifically heads a government agency or bureau.
銀ぎん
総そう
裁さい
governor of a central bank
prime minister and party president
governor of a central bank
