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
patriarch; head of a family
vice president (of a club or organization, organisation)
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
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
deputy head; deputy director; vice chief (of something); executive officer (navy)
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
squad leader; group leader; team leader
chief (of police); head (of office)
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk
(university) president; chancellor; principal; provost
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
branch manager; manager of a branch office
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
general manager; director-general
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
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
dormitory leader; dormitory superintendent
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
teachers, superiors, and men of prominence
growth period; growing season
master sergeant; sergeant major (JSDF)
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
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help
chairman; leader of a troupe; proprietor of a theatrical company
squad leader; divisional officer
Commander-in-Chief; C-in-C
extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
president's office; director's office
factory manager; works manager
vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager
extended leave; long vacation
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
(Japanese Imperial Navy) chief warrant-officer
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
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
one's superior; senior; elder
extended game; overtime; extra time; extra innings
something long; useless things; white elephant; boondoggle
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
useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle
chief secretary (usu. of a party); secretary-general
Yangtze River; Changjiang River
head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward
skipper (of a boat); coxswain
thinking (about a matter) for a long time; contemplating for a long time; lengthy consideration; pondering
head of a police station; chief of a police station; superintendent
to be on the same wavelength; to think alike; to get along
billionaire; multimillionaire; very rich person
secretary-general; director-general; executive director; executive secretary
eldest sister; oldest sister
secretary general; chief secretary
permanence; perpetuity; Chōkyū era (1040.11.10-1044.11.24)
slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.); being slightly older
chief of the general staff
(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings
(relative) length; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points
associate editor; deputy editor
expansion; extension; elongation; stretching
district headman; head county official
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
female company president; female CEO
tedious; verbose; wordy; redundancy
superintendent priest; chief abbot
great wall (of China); long wall
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
long-term storage; long-term preservation
perpetual youth and longevity
average height; average body height
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)
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
long-term hospitalization
chief of the general affairs department (bureau); chief of the executive section
long hit; slugging; extra-base hit
deputy section or department manager
leader of a cheering group; head cheerleader
president and chief executive officer
superintendent of education
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
the lord of creation; man; mankind
Chōji era (1104.2.10-1106.4.9)
Secretary of Defence (Defense)
period of rapid growth (especially Japan's period of rapid economic growth after WWII)
executive chef; head chef
millionaire; multimillionaire
growth hormone (esp. somatotropin in animals and auxins in plants)
long (esp. of photographic film); lengthy
prosperity and decay; prosperity and decline; rise and fall; ups and downs; ebb and flow; waxing and waning
prosecutor general; attorney general
role of a company president
head of a martial arts organization (organisation)
young CEO; young company president
Satchō Alliance; 1866 alliance between the feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū
continued luck in the fortunes of war
high-grade charcoal produced from ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)
wing length (esp. of a bird); wingspan (esp. of an aircraft)
head of personnel department
rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)
head of a branch; branch office manager; bureau chief
Kenchō era (1249.3.18-1256.10.5)
former president of a company
superintending prosecutor
Presbyterian Church; Presbyterians
Emperor's Birthday (national holiday held from 1868 to 1948)
attorney general; attorney-general
list of the richest people; billionaires list
long-distance call; trunk call
everlasting spring; China rose (Rosa chinensis)
sighing deeply; giving a deep sigh
long-term (business) strategy
good wine makes good blood; sake is the best of all medicines
managing editor; chief editor
Primates (order of mammals)
extended-hours childcare (in day-care centers for parents working into the night)
managing director; president of a company (US)
senior manager; director; person below the department head with responsibility for a particular area
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)
growth stock; person with future promise
Shōchō era (1428.4.27-1429.9.5)
Director General of (former) Defence Agency (Defense)
rapid progress; great strides
patriarch; patriarchal; patriarchic
patriarchy; system of patriarchy
duplication; to make redundant
heavy, thick, long, and big (products, esp. industrial); massive and heavy; heavy (industry)
assistant chief of staff, g2
chief superintendent (police)
Tenchō era (824.1.5-834.1.3)
long-distance transportation (transport, haulage)
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)
logistic curve; growth curve
Eichō era (1096.12.17-1097.11.21)
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 Science and Technology Agency
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
Imjin War (1592-1597); Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea
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)
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)
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
drug czar; Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; ONDCP
way of sitting by placing both knees on the ground and standing upright
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.)
Director General of National Land Agency
real economic growth rate
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)
long-distance dependency (dependencies)
Director General of Prime Minister's Office
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