Word Meaning 委員長

いいんちょう iinchou

委員長 is read as いいんちょう (iinchou) and means (committee) chairman.

Meaning

English

  1. (committee) chairman
  2. president

Reading

Kana

いいんちょう

Romaji

iinchou

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 8957 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

外交委員長

がいこういいんちょう

head of the Foreign Relations Committee

議院運営委員長

ぎいんうんえいいいんちょう

House Steering Committee Chairman

学級委員長

がっきゅういいんちょう

class president

委員会

いいんかい

committee

委員

いいん

committee member

委員会制度

いいんかいせいど

committee system

委員会を置く

いいんかいをおく

to form a committee

委員会設置会社

いいんかいせっちかいしゃ

company with a committee governance structure (e.g. auditing, appointment, compensation)

委員付託

いいんふたく

referral to a committee

委員会に諮る

いいんかいにはかる

to submit (a plan) to a committee for deliberation

教育委員会

きょういくいいんかい

Board of Education

公安委員会

こうあんいいんかい

public safety commission

Example Sentences

9

He's the chairman of the committee.

I want to run for class president.

Tom wants to run for class president.

He decided to run for class president.

Tom decided to run for class president.

Tom wanted to run for class president.

Mary wanted to run for class president.

Who will be the next class president, Tom or Mary?

"Mr Chairman, what needs moving next, again?" "Scoreboard, giant ball and the tug-of-war rope."