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部長

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

部長 — “department head, general manager”

部長 (read ぶちょう) means department head, general manager. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

ぶちょう

Meaning

department head, general manager

部長 in a sentence

部長ぶちょうに報告ほうこくしました。

I reported to the department head.

The kanji in 部長

部department, part
長long; chief

Words that share a kanji with 部長

全部ぜんぶ— all, entire, whole
部屋へや— a room
部下ぶか— subordinate
学部がくぶ— faculty, department (university)
大部分だいぶぶん— most, greater part, majority
部分ぶぶん— part, portion, section
外部がいぶ— the outside, exterior, external part
部首ぶしゅ— kanji radical

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