議長

ぎちょう · gichou · JLPT N3 · noun

president

🪑 議長 = debate (議) + chief (長): the head of the discussion

議 (gi) means to debate or deliberate, as in 会議 kaigi, meeting. 長 (chou) means head or chief, as in 社長 shachou, company president. The chief of a deliberation is the one who chairs it.

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