議長 – vocab dash

議ぎ長ちょう

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Meanings

Noun

1. chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)

Kanji used

Pitch accent

ぎちょう

Used in vocabulary

Speaker of the House (US, etc.)

Noun

acting chairman; acting president

Noun

vice-chairman

Noun

speaker of the lower house

Noun

authority of the chair; power of the office of Speaker; power of the office of the President (of the House of Councillors)

Noun

speaker and deputy speaker; chair and vice-chair; president and vice-president (of the senate, council, etc.)

Noun

Examples77

私わたしたちはウッド氏しを議ぎ長ちょうに任にん命めいした。

We appointed Mr Wood chairman.

ジョーダンさんは議ぎ長ちょうだ。

Mr Jordan is chairperson.

彼かれが、委い員いん会かいの議ぎ長ちょうであるブラウン氏しです。

He is Mr Brown, chairman of the committee.

彼かの女じょはその委い員いん会かいの議ぎ長ちょうに選えらばれた。

She was elected chairman of the committee.

彼かれらは彼かれを議ぎ長ちょうに選えらんだ。

They elected him chairman.

彼かれらは彼かれを委い員いん会かいの議ぎ長ちょうに就しゅう任にんさせた。

They installed him as chairman of the committee.