Japanese

Noun

大統領 ‎(hiragana だいとうりょう, romaji daitōryō, historical hiragana だいとうりやう)

1. a president (of a country)
   • 1999 September 16, Motohiro Katou, “ヤコブの階たい段だん [Jacob's Ladder]”, in Q.E.D. 証しょう明めい終しゅう了りょう [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], volume 4 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Kodansha, ISBN 4-06-333696-4, page 176:

     例 (たと)えばユーゴスラビアには以 (い)前 (ぜん)チトー大 (だい)統 (とう)領 (りょう)という指 (し)導 (どう)者 (しゃ)がいて民 (みん)族 (ぞく)をまとめていた

     Tatoeba Yūgosurabia ni wa izen Chitō Daitōryō to iu shidōsha ga ite minzoku o matometeita

     For example, former President Tito was known for having united the peoples of Yugoslavia

Compounds

• 副大統領 (ふくだいとうりょう) ‎(fukudaitōryō, “vice president”)

Descendants

• Korean: 대통령 (daetongnyeong)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Noun

大統領 • ‎(daetongnyeong) ‎(hangeul 대통령)

1. Hanja form^? of 대통령, “president of a country”.