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一日署長
いちにちしょちょう
1. [n]
▶ chief for the day (PR event in which a celebrity heads a police, fire, etc. department for a day)



History:
6. A 2022-10-15 00:15:16  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2022-10-14 23:37:16  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
wiki: 一日署長とは、警察署、消防署や税務署など署を称する機関が有名俳優・女優・有名タレントなどを一日に限り署長に起用する署のPRイベントである。
  Comments:
I think it's correct to describe it as a PR event (as well as a position). Doesn't need to be an expl gloss, though.
How's this? I think "of a celebrity" is a little awkward here.
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12 @@
-<gloss>chief for the day (of a celebrity, etc. "heading" a police, fire, etc. department as a PR event)</gloss>
+<gloss>chief for the day (PR event in which a celebrity heads a police, fire, etc. department for a day)</gloss>
4. A 2022-10-14 21:03:09  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Looks OK.
3. A* 2022-10-14 11:54:27  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I don't think that works as an expl gloss because it specifies it's a PR event rather than a one-day job.
  Diff:
@@ -12,2 +12 @@
-<gloss>chief for the day</gloss>
-<gloss g_type="expl">PR event for police, fire, etc. departments in which celebrities act as chiefs</gloss>
+<gloss>chief for the day (of a celebrity, etc. "heading" a police, fire, etc. department as a PR event)</gloss>
2. A 2022-10-14 05:47:54  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Wiki: "...警察署、消防署や税務署など.."
GG5: 一日署長 Head [Chief, Superintendent, 《米》Marshal] for a Day.
一日署長	5714
  Comments:
Trimming.
  Diff:
@@ -12,2 +12,2 @@
-<gloss>(honorary) police chief for the day</gloss>
-<gloss>the practice of Japanese police inviting actresses, idols, and other celebrities to help promote agendas</gloss>
+<gloss>chief for the day</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">PR event for police, fire, etc. departments in which celebrities act as chiefs</gloss>
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