駅長

Japanese

Kanji in this term
駅	長
えき Grade: 3	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
驛長 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

駅(えき) (eki, “station”) + 長(ちょう) (chō, “master; leader; head”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えきちょー [èkíchóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [e̞kʲi̥t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

駅(えき)長(ちょう) • (ekichō) ^{←えきちやう (ekityau)^?}

stationmaster (the person in charge of a railroad station)
(historical) person in charge of a post-station

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN