Word Meaning 首相

しゅしょう shushou

首相 is read as しゅしょう (shushou) and means prime minister.

Meaning

English

  1. prime minister
  2. chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.)
  3. premier

Reading

Kana

しゅしょう

Romaji

shushou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 1735 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

首相兼外相

しゅしょうけんがいしょう

prime minister also serving as foreign minister

首相指名

しゅしょうしめい

nomination to become prime minister

首相公選制

しゅしょうこうせんせい

system allowing for election of the prime minister by popular vote

前首相

ぜんしゅしょう

previous prime minister (immediately preceding the incumbent)

新首相

しんしゅしょう

new prime minister

元首相

もとしゅしょう

former prime minister

次期首相

じきしゅしょう

incoming prime minister

首相指名選挙

しゅしょうしめいせんきょ

vote by the Diet to appoint the prime minister

首相臨時代行

しゅしょうりんじだいこう

acting prime minister

首相官邸

しゅしょうかんてい

prime minister's official residence

連邦首相

れんぽうしゅしょう

federal chancellor

Example Sentences

10

しゅしょうはごごにかいけんした。

the prime minister held a press conference in the afternoon.

The prime minister dissolved the Diet.

The Prime Minister met with the press.

The Prime Minister holds a press conference tomorrow.

He had an interview with the Prime Minister.

The world would end if such an idiot were prime minister.

The Prime Minister will hold a press conference tomorrow.

Prime Minister Koizumi is certainly not a cold-blooded man.

It is whispered that the Prime Minister is critically ill.

The Prime Minister postponed the legislator's punishment.