How many words for chief do you need? Japanese: Yes

I was aware that there are quite a few words for various leader titles that end with 長 which are easy to confuse, but I hadn't realized that there were THAT many before I checked a frequency list out of curiosity.

To be fair, many of these words are not very common and pretty specific, but I think around half of them or even more are very common (or fairly common) words, so I figured it could be useful to have them all in one list. I also included similar sounding words (that use 長 ) but which aren't titles for people.

Link to a frequency sorted list.

kanjireadingromajidefinition
店長テンチョウtenchōManager (store/shop)
隊長タイチョウtaichōCaptain (military)
体長タイチョウtaichōBody length
村長ソンチョウsonchōVillage Head
曹長ソウチョウsōchōSergeant Major
総長ソウチョウsōchōPresident
首長シュチョウshuchōChief
署長ショチョウshochōChief
所長ショチョウshochōChief
室長シツチョウshitsuchōDirector
身長シンチョウshinchōHeight
市長シチョウshichōMayor
師長シチョウshichōHead teacher
社長シャチョウshachōpresident
船長センチョウsenchōCaptain
成長セイチョウseichōGrowth
最長サイチョウsaichōLongest
寮長リョウチョウryōchōDormitory Head
年長ネンチョウnenchōSenior
局長キョクチョウkyokuchōDirector
君長クンチョウkunchōLord
組長クミチョウkumichōBoss
区長クチョウkuchōWard Mayor
校長コウチョウkōchōPrincipal
機長キチョウkichōCaptain
艦長カンチョウkanchōCaptain
館長カンチョウkanchōDirector
管長カンチョウkanchōChief Abbot
係長カカリチョウkakarichōSection Chief
会長カイチョウkaichōchairman
課長カチョウkachōSection Manager
家長カチョウkachōHead of a family
次長ジチョウjichōDeputy Director
一長イッチョウitchōFirst Chief
院長インチョウinchōDirector
兵長ヘイチョウheichōCorporal
班長ハンチョウhanchōTeam Leader
波長ハチョウhachōwavelength
伍長ゴチョウgochōCorporal
議長ギチョウgichōChairperson
学長ガクチョウgakuchōPresident
副長フクチョウfukuchōVice-President
婦長フチョウfuchōHead Nurse
延長エンチョウenchōExtension
園長エンチョウenchōHeadmaster
駅長エキチョウekichōStationmaster
団長ダンチョウdanchōLeader
町長チョウチョウchōchōMayor
部長ブチョウbuchōManager
番長バンチョウbanchōDelinquents​ leader
族長ゾクチョウzokuchōClan leader
全長ゼンチョウzenchōFull length
悠長ユウチョウyūchōLeisurely

by Fafner_88

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