しょちょう

See also: じょちょう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しょちょう – see the following entries.
所長
[noun] chief of a (sho)office (事務所), research facility (研究所), etc.
署長
[noun] the head of a government office referred to as a (しょ) (sho) (e.g. 警察署(けいさつしょ) (keisatsusho, police station), 消防署(しょうぼうしょ) (shōbōsho, fire station))
初潮
[noun] (gynaecology) menarche; first menstruation
(This term, しょちょう (shochō), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)