編集長

Japanese

Kanji in this term
編	集	長
へん Grade: 5	しゅう Grade: 3	ちょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

編(へん)集(しゅう) (henshū, “editing”) + 長(ちょう) (-chō, “chief”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) へんしゅうちょー [hèńshúꜜùchòò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Kyoto) へんしゅうちょー [hèńshúúꜜchòò] (Nakadaka – [4])^[3]
IPA^(key): [hẽ̞ɰ̃ɕɨːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

編(へん)集(しゅう)長(ちょう) • (henshūchō) ^{←へんしふちやう (fensifutyau)^?}

an editor in chief
- 1993 November 25 [1989 May 20], Mitsuru Adachi, “第(だい)27話(わ)　直(なお)人(と)の想(おも)い [Chapter 27: What Naoto Wants]”, in [スローステップ](SLOW STEP) [SLOW STEP], 11th edition, volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, pages 93–94:
  
  きれいな星(ほし)空(ぞら)だね
  Kirei na hoshizora da ne
  Look at that beautiful starry sky
  ……また始(はじ)まったな
  ……Mata hajimatta na
  ……It’s happened again
  あ　流(なが)れ星(ぼし)
  A nagareboshi
  Ah, a shooting star
  何(なに)か　願(ねが)い事(ごと)した？
  Nani ka Negaigoto shita?
  What’d you wish for?
  どうぞ編(へん)集(しゅう)長(ちょう)が怒(おこ)りませんようにって……
  Dōzo henshūchō ga okorimasen yō nitte……
  I wished the editor-in-chief wouldn’t be mad at me……
  —大(だい)丈(じょう)夫(ぶ)　やさしい人(ひと)だもん
  —Daijōbu yasashii hito da mon
  —Don’t worry, he’s very easy-going
  いいかげんにしろ！
  Iikagen ni shiro!
  You irresponsible bastard!

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 “編集長”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here