とうちょく
Touchoku
当直 (Touchoku) is a Japanese noun meaning “being on duty, being on watch, person on duty”.
Meanings
- noun, adjectival noun, suru verb, intransitive verbbeing on duty; being on watch
- nounperson on duty
Examples
その警官は、その日は当直であった。
The policeman was on duty on that day.
暴動が起こったとき、当直の監視員はたった１人だった。
There was only one warden on duty when the riot started.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).