jmdict 1244190 Active (id#1153491)
区長 [news1,nf08]
くちょう [news1,nf08]
  1. [n]
    • head of a ward
    • mayor of a ward
    • chief administrator of a ward
History:
    • A 2014-02-28 18:19:46 Rene Malenfant
    • Refs
      eij has 'headman of a ward' but google results are also unconvincing
    • A* 2014-02-28 00:20:42 Richard Warmington
    • Refs
      "ward headman" doesn't seem likely to be in common use, and indeed some of the top Google hits derive from EDICT.
      See GG5 and ルミナス和英辞典 for "head" and "chief".
      .
      As for "mayor", here are a couple of examples:
      - 区長選挙 【くちょうせんきょ】 ward mayoral election; WI1
      - Israeli embassy's Deputy Chief of Mission Peleg Lewi (C) and Jewish community of Japan president Philip Rosenfeld (L) smile with Ryo Tanaka (R) Mayor of Suginami ward during a ceremony to donate 300 copies of Anne Frank's 'Diary of a Young Girl' in Tokyo on February 27, 2014. 
      http://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/israeli-embassys-deputy-chief-of-mission-peleg-lewi-and-news-photo/475195115
    • Diff
      @@ -16 +16,3 @@
      -<gloss>ward headman</gloss>
      +<gloss>head of a ward</gloss>
      +<gloss>mayor of a ward</gloss>
      +<gloss>chief administrator of a ward</gloss>
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