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主任

主任

Chinese

 
to own; to host; master; lord; primary
 
to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility
simp. and trad.
(主任) 		主 任

Noun

主任

  1. director; chairman; supervisor

Derived terms

  • 主任委員／主任委员
  • 教務主任／教务主任

Japanese

Kanji in this term
主 任
しゅ
Grade: 3 		にん
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

主任 ‎(hiragana しゅにん, romaji shunin)

  1. a chief; a head
    • 1999 September 16, Motohiro Katou, “ヤコブの階たい段だん [Jacob's Ladder]”, in Q.E.D. 証しょう明めい終しゅう了りょう [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], volume 4 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Kodansha, ISBN 4-06-333696-4, page 91:
      人 (じん)工 (こう)生 (せい)命 (めい)研 (けん)究 (きゅう)室 (しつ)　主 (しゅ)任 (にん)　エバ゠スークタ
      Jinkō Seimei Kenkyūshitsu Shunin Eba-Sūkuta
      Eva Sukta, Chief of the Artificial Life Laboratory

References

  1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Pronunciation

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