head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
president (of a society); chairman
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
company president; manager; director
leader of a delegation (body, party)
head of the student council; president of the student council
(committee) chairman; president
height (of body); stature
village headman; village mayor
section manager; section chief
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
tall figure; high stature
vice president (of a club or organization, organisation)
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
patriarch; head of a family
secretary (government); director; chief
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
headmaster; principal; dean; provost; rector
bureau director; office chief
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
(college) president; secretary-general
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
squad leader; group leader; team leader
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
chief (of police); head (of office)
deputy head; deputy director; vice chief (of something); executive officer (navy)
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk
(university) president; chancellor; principal; provost
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
branch manager; manager of a branch office
general manager; director-general
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
length (of an animal); body length
deputy director; assistant director; vice director; deputy general manager; assistant general manager; vice (general) manager
platoon commander; section commander
senior; elder; person older than oneself
leader of a group of juvenile delinquents
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
dormitory leader; dormitory superintendent
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
teachers, superiors, and men of prominence
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
master sergeant; sergeant major (JSDF)
growth period; growing season
principal of a private school
head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation
leading private (Imperial Japanese Army); leading seaman (Imperial Japanese Navy)
Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town
Commander-in-Chief; C-in-C
chairman; leader of a troupe; proprietor of a theatrical company
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help
extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
president's office; director's office
squad leader; divisional officer
factory manager; works manager
vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager
extended leave; long vacation
(Japanese Imperial Navy) chief warrant-officer
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
class president; head class representative
medical director; chief physician
head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
one's superior; senior; elder
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
extended game; overtime; extra time; extra innings
Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)
Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary
something long; useless things; white elephant; boondoggle
chief secretary (usu. of a party); secretary-general
useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle
Yangtze River; Changjiang River
skipper (of a boat); coxswain
thinking (about a matter) for a long time; contemplating for a long time; lengthy consideration; pondering
billionaire; multimillionaire; very rich person
to be on the same wavelength; to think alike; to get along
secretary-general; director-general; executive director; executive secretary
head of a police station; chief of a police station; superintendent
permanence; perpetuity; Chōkyū era (1040.11.10-1044.11.24)
head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward
secretary general; chief secretary
associate editor; deputy editor
district headman; head county official
(relative) length; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points
expansion; extension; elongation; stretching
chief of the general staff
(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings
slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.); being slightly older
senior class (kindergarten, pre-school, etc.)
deputy secretary (government); deputy director
(full-length) novel; long novel
head of a monastic institution; abbot; prior; abbess; prioress; mother superior
long talk; long-winded speech
eldest sister; oldest sister
tedious; verbose; wordy; redundancy
female company president; female CEO
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
long-term storage; long-term preservation
average height; average body height
great wall (of China); long wall
deputy general manager; deputy director-general; assistant commissioner
crown (of creation); apex; the best
traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven; long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Kyoto in the late 16th century)
perpetual youth and longevity
long snake; long line (of people, etc.)
rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)
secretary-general; director
chief navigator; navigating officer; navigator; sailing master
chief of the general affairs department (bureau); chief of the executive section
long-term hospitalization
long hit; slugging; extra-base hit
deputy section or department manager
leader of a cheering group; head cheerleader
superintendent of education
president and chief executive officer
deputy manager; acting manager; acting section chief
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
mid-to-long term; medium and long term
order from the company president
lengthy military expedition; Long March (China, 1934-1936); Long March (series of Chinese launch vehicles)
one's elders or superiors
Chōji era (1104.2.10-1106.4.9)
the lord of creation; man; mankind
superintendent priest; chief abbot
period of rapid growth (especially Japan's period of rapid economic growth after WWII)
executive chef; head chef
growth hormone (esp. somatotropin in animals and auxins in plants)
millionaire; multimillionaire
prosperity and decay; prosperity and decline; rise and fall; ups and downs; ebb and flow; waxing and waning
long (esp. of photographic film); lengthy
head of a martial arts organization (organisation)
role of a company president
young CEO; young company president
prosecutor general; attorney general
Satchō Alliance; 1866 alliance between the feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū
high-grade charcoal produced from ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)
continued luck in the fortunes of war
head of personnel department
Secretary of Defence (Defense)
rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)
Kenchō era (1249.3.18-1256.10.5)
head of a branch; branch office manager; bureau chief
former president of a company
superintending prosecutor
wing length (esp. of a bird); wingspan (esp. of an aircraft)
Presbyterian Church; Presbyterians
Emperor's Birthday (national holiday held from 1868 to 1948)
attorney general; attorney-general
list of the richest people; billionaires list
everlasting spring; China rose (Rosa chinensis)
sighing deeply; giving a deep sigh
long-term (business) strategy
managing editor; chief editor
good wine makes good blood; sake is the best of all medicines
Primates (order of mammals)
long-distance call; trunk call
extended-hours childcare (in day-care centers for parents working into the night)
senior manager; director; person below the department head with responsibility for a particular area
managing director; president of a company (US)
long hakama; trailing hakama
chairman of (party) policy bureau; policy chief
senior master sergeant (JASDF)
long-lived program (on TV, radio, etc.); long runner
the best medicine (i.e. sake)
Shōchō era (1428.4.27-1429.9.5)
growth stock; person with future promise
Director General of (former) Defence Agency (Defense)
rapid progress; great strides
patriarch; patriarchal; patriarchic
heavy, thick, long, and big (products, esp. industrial); massive and heavy; heavy (industry)
assistant chief of staff, g2
patriarchy; system of patriarchy
chief superintendent (police)
duplication; to make redundant
Tenchō era (824.1.5-834.1.3)
Chōtoku era (995.2.22-999.1.13)
right-angled parallelepiped; cuboid; rectangular solid
multimillionaire; billionaire
Virudhaka (Buddhist deity)
host country (e.g. for a meeting); chair country
long operating life; long service life; long life
Chōroku era (1457.9.28-1460.12.21)
long-distance transportation (transport, haulage)
Eichō era (1096.12.17-1097.11.21)
logistic curve; growth curve
to hinder the growth of (e.g. plants, someone); to hamper the growth of
Chief Cabinet Secretary (1879-1947)
burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)
airman first class (JASDF)
chairman of executive council (usu. of a party); chairman of the general affairs committee
to make a long-winded speech; to give a long talk
very low frequency wave; VLF wave
unsympathetic manager; section chief with a heart of stone
head steward (e.g. on a ship); (arch.) palace chef
assistant chief of staff, g1
assistant chief of staff, g3
long-range forecast (usu. weather)
Chōkyō era (1487.7.20-1489.8.21)
man is the crown of creation
chairman of board of directors
long-term credit bank; LTCB
Keichō campaign (1597-98; incl. the second Japanese invasion of Korea in 1597)
assistant chief of staff, g2
Director of National Intelligence (USA); DNI
long-vowel mark; macron; long note
fixed length (e.g. block)
Chōshō era (1132.8.11-1135.4.27)
Chōkan era (1163.3.29-1165.6.5)
lengthening a vowel (e.g. as in Kansai dialect); long sound (esp. long vowel)
ball hit toward the gap between outfielders
novel of formation (education); novel of character development; novel which traces the intellectual, moral, spiritual or social development of a young person; Bildungsroman
United Arab Emirates; UAE
Kōchō era (1261.2.20-1264.2.28)
head of business department
to miss a big chance; to miss a good opportunity; to let one's enemy slip away
wingspan (of a bird); wingspread
Speaker of the House (US, etc.)
zero growth; zero economic growth; no-growth economy
if you rely too much on your greatest strength, it will be your greatest weakness
long-stay visitor; long-term resident
Chōryaku era (1037.4.21-1040.11.10)
chief nurse (in the army)
Director General of Environment Agency
amorous man; henpecked husband
long stretch of winding beach
(make) a long talk (discourse, lecture)
assistant chief of staff, g3
Chōgen era (1028.7.25-1037.4.21)
long-term credit bank; LTCB
rights of the head of a family
rights of the head of a family
Chōwa era (1012.12.25-1017.4.23)
president and chief executive officer; president and CEO
fire captain; fire marshal
long exposure (photography)
long blast of a ship's horn
rapid growth (of an economy, company, etc.)
Chōhō era (999.1.13-1004.7.20)
swimming pool lane which is longer than 50 meters
period of economic growth
prosperity and decay; rise and fall; ebb and flow; vicissitudes (of fortune)
Imjin War (1592-1597); Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea
common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
high-grade charcoal produced from ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)
Director General of Hokkaido Development Agency
redundancy (information theory)
Ōchō era (1311.4.28-1312.3.20)
orthoclase; common feldspar
one's superiors; one's seniors
acting chairman; acting president
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau
redundant system (string, line)
Director General of Science and Technology Agency
semi-major axis (esp. in orbital matters)
Director General of Economic Planning Agency
(a line, queue) being long and serpentine
sharp eyes and ears used for collecting information far and wide; having the acumen and shrewd discernment gained by widely-collected information; being well-versed on a subject; books which broaden our knowledge
Secretary of Defence (Defense)
assistant section or department manager
vapor-phase epitaxial growth; vapor-phase epitaxy; VPE
insulin-like growth factor; IGF
assistant (to general manager)
most experienced chanko cook in the sumo stable
record length; record size
long distance telephone company
epidermal growth factor; EGF
United Nations Secretary-General
long precision floating point number
epitaxial growth; epitaxy
long-distance telephone company
growing market; growth market
nominal economic growth rate
high-growth track; higher growth path
day's longest successful jump
coeval with heaven and earth
Heaven and earth are eternal
prolonged recession; depression; protracted economic slump
manager promoted from in-house office worker
company president, with responsibility to represent the company in its dealings with the outside world
liquid (phase) deposition; liquid (phase) epitaxy
liquid phase epitaxial growth; liquid phase epitaxy; LPE
long-term credit bank; LTCB
double length register; double register
growth path; route to growth
head of the Foreign Relations Committee
way of sitting by placing both knees on the ground and standing upright
drug czar; Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; ONDCP
eta (Edo period); administrator of a temple; (arch.) low-ranking government official with a comparatively high salary (in medieval China)
Cabinet (Chief) Secretary
speaker and deputy speaker; chair and vice-chair; president and vice-president (of the senate, council, etc.)
real economic growth rate
Director General of National Land Agency
super-long-term government bond (with a maturity of over ten years)
long-distance train; long-haul train
Great Wall of Sand (Chinese land reclamation project in the Spratly Islands)
proboscideans; proboscidians
redundancy (in information theory)
Director General of Prime Minister's Office
long-distance dependency (dependencies)
axial length (of the eye)
braggart; boaster; self-conceited person
military expedition deep into enemy territory
longhorn; long-horned cattle
speaker of the Lower House
cyclic redundancy check; CRC
authority of the chair; power of the office of Speaker; power of the office of the President (of the House of Councillors)
long-tailed fowl (variety of chicken)
Vertical Redundancy Check; VRC
House Steering Committee Chairman
compensating for one's shortcomings by incorporating others' strong points
CRC; Cyclic Redundancy Check
very long baseline interferometry; VLBI
mountain avens (Dryas octopetala); eightpetal mountain-avens; white dryas; white dryad
albacore (Thunnus alalunga); germon
Beyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)
merlin (Falco columbarius); pigeon hawk
American kestrel (Falco sparverius)
Amur falcon (Falco amurensis); eastern red-footed falcon
cheongsam; mandarin gown; mandarin dress
China rose (Rosa chinensis)
lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni)
superior; excellent; outstanding