かかりちょう
Kakarichou
Other forms: 掛長
係長 (Kakarichou) is a Japanese noun meaning “subsection head, assistant manager, chief clerk”.
Meanings
- nounsubsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk
Examples
係長が急に辞めてしまったので、私がその穴を埋めなければならなくなった。
I had to fill the gap left when our head clerk quit on short notice.
その係長は勤勉な男ではないが、上役にとり入る術を心得ているから、早く昇進するのだ。
The chief clerk is not a hardworking man, but gets ahead rapidly because he knows how to curry favor with his superiors.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
Kanji in 係長
Related words
社長company president関係relation長いlong (distance, length)部長head (chief, director) of a section or department課長section manager会長president (of a society)関わるto be involved (in)院長director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.)係charge店長shop manager掛けるto hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall)掛かるto take (a resource, e.g. time or money)