町長

Japanese
Kanji in this term
町 長
ちょう
Grade: 1		 ちょう
Grade: 2
goon on’yomi

Etymology

From 町(ちょう) (chō, “town”) + 長(ちょう) (-chō, “head”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ちょ​ーちょー [chóꜜòchòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

町(ちょう)長(ちょう) • (chōchō) ←ちやうちやう (tyautyau)?

  1. town mayor

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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