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院長 (いんちょう, inchou) Japanese meaning: director | Kotomora

院いん長ちょう

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Meanings

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director; superintendent; rector

Title for the head of a hospital, clinic, academy, or similar institution. The specific English translation depends on the type of institution.

彼かれはこの病びょう院いんの院いん長ちょうです。

He is the director of this hospital.

院いん長ちょう先せん生せいに診みてもらいました。

I was examined by the medical director.

Usage patterns

院いん長ちょうに就しゅう任にんするto be appointed as director
彼かれは来らい月げつから新あたらしい病びょう院いんの院いん長ちょうに就しゅう任にんする。
He will be appointed director of the new hospital starting next month.
院いん長ちょうを務つとめるto serve as director
彼かの女じょは十じゅう年ねん間かんこの施し設せつの院いん長ちょうを務つとめた。
She served as the director of this facility for ten years.

Kanji

院Inst., institution, temple
長long, leader, superior

Related words

学がく長ちょうN1
学長 is the head of a university, while 院長 heads a hospital, clinic, or similar institution.
校こう長ちょうN4
校長 is the principal of a school, whereas 院長 is the director of a hospital or similar institution.
所しょ長ちょう
所長 is the head of a research institute, office, or station, while 院長 specifically heads hospital-type institutions.
病びょう院いん長ちょう
病院長 explicitly means the director of a hospital, whereas 院長 can head any 院-type institution, including clinics or academies.
園えん長ちょう
院長 refers to the head of a hospital or clinic (～院), while 園長 heads a 園 like a nursery or zoo.

Don't confuse with

理り事じ長ちょう
理事長 is the chairman of the governing board of an organization, while 院長 is the on-site operational head of the institution itself.
医い長ちょう
医長 refers to the head doctor of a single hospital department, while 院長 is the director of the entire hospital.

Word family

医い院いん長ちょう
director of a medical clinic
病びょう院いん長ちょう
hospital director; director of a hospital
修しゅう道どう院いん長ちょう
abbot; abbess; prior; prioress; mother superior

Etymology

Compound of 院 (institution) and 長 (head, chief).