長ちょう官かん

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

Refers to the head of a government agency or bureau, such as 官房長官 (Chief Cabinet Secretary) or 事務次官級の長官. Not a general term for company directors.

〈場ば所しょ〉長ちょう官かんhead of a specific agency or bureau
彼かれは環かん境きょう庁ちょう長ちょう官かんに任にん命めいされた。
He was appointed director of the Environment Agency.
長ちょう官かんに就しゅう任にんするto take office as director/secretary
新あたらしい長ちょう官かんが来らい月げつ就しゅう任にんする予よ定ていだ。
The new director is scheduled to take office next month.
長ちょう官かんを務つとめるto serve as director/secretary
彼かの女じょは五ご年ねん間かん、警けい察さつ庁ちょうの長ちょう官かんを務つとめた。
She served as director of the National Police Agency for five years.

大だい臣じんN3
大臣 is a cabinet minister who oversees policy at the ministerial level, while 長官 is the head of a subordinate agency or bureau, often reporting to a 大臣.
局きょく長ちょう
局長 heads a bureau within a larger organization and ranks lower than 長官, who typically leads the whole agency.
総そう裁さいN1
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.
総そう監かん
長官 is the head of a government agency or department, while 総監 specifically names a supervisory rank in military, police, or administrative hierarchies.

次じ官かん
次官 is the vice-minister, the deputy just below a 大臣 or 長官, so learners often mix up the two ranks.

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Compound of 長 (chief) and 官 (government official).