meaning'long, leader'
 onyomiチョウ
 kunyomiなが.い, おさ
termpronunciationEnglish
なが・い、ちょうlong, leader
ちょうなんthe eldest son
がくちょうa (university; school) president
しゃちょうpresident
村長そんちょうvillage head
はせがわsurname
しちょうa mayor
ながのけんNagano prefecture (of Chubu region)
長いながいlong
かちょうsection manager
ぶちょうhead of a section (adjn)
しんちょうheight (of body), stature
こうちょうprincipal, headmaster
せいちょうgrowth, grow to adulthood
せいちょうgrowth, increment
ちょうきlong time period
ちょうしょ(1) strong point, merit, (2) advantage
ちょうじょeldest daughter
ちょうたんlength, long and short, +-
ちょうほうけいrectangle, oblong
いんちょうthe director, the president (of an organization)
ごちょうcorporal
かいちょうpresident (of a society), chairman
しんちょうexpansion, extension, elongation, stretching, uncompression
じえいちょうcaptain of the guard
かかりちょうchief clerk
ふくしゃちょうexecutive vice-president
くちょうward headman
だんちょうleader of a delegation (body, party)
こくむちょうかんSecretary of State
じゅくちょうprincipal of a private school
いいんちょうcommittee chairman
かんぼうちょうかんChief Cabinet Secretary
しつちょうroom monitor
きょくちょうbureau director, office chief
ざちょうchairman
えんちょうextension; Enchou era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
ゆうちょうleisurely; conspicuous, exceeding, deliberate
長をせいちょうをはばむto hinder (check) the growth of (plants)
せいちょうかぶgrowth stock, person with future promise
しょちょうchief, head
してんちょうbranch manager, manager of a branch office
じちょうvice-, assistant director, vice-director
を長えどのかたきをながさきでうつto take revenge on someone in an unlikely place
おきなわかいはつちょうちょうかんDirector General of Okinawa Development Agency
はんちょうsquad leader, honcho, team leader, group leader
ちょうちょうtown headman, town mayor
しろながすくじら, シロナガスクジラblue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
くみちょうboss (yakuza)
そうちょう(college) president, secretary-general
しょちょうchief (of police), head (of office)
が長いどうがながいhaving a long body, long-bodied
せんちょうship's captain
かんちょうcaptain (of a warship)
ぐんちょうdistrict headman, head county official
ながちょうばlong (stretch of) distance
ちょうけいeldest brother
ながうた, ちょうかlong epic song with shamisen accompaniment, type of waka
ちょうかんsecretary (government), director, chief
寿ちょうじゅlongevity
ながさきけんNagasaki prefecture (Kyuushuu)
ちょうせいlengthy military expedition, the Long March
ちょうけいmajor axis
ちょうきしゃっかんlong-term loan
ちょうていきょくほlong stretch of winding beach
ちょうこうYangtze River, Changjiang River
ちょうへんlong (e.g. novel, film)
ちょうろうeldest, senior
ちょうだのれつlong line, long queue
ちょうきょりlong distance, long haul
ちょうせいdeath, passing
ながあめ, ながめlong spell of rain
ちょうか, ながぐつleather boots, long boots
ちょうはつlong hair
たいちょうcommanding officer
れいちょうleader with miraculous powers, humanity
かんちょうsuperintendent, director, curator, chief librarian
しゅちょうhead (of organization, organisation), chief
えきちょうstation master
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