じちょう

I

[次長] deputy ［assistant］ (general) manager

【C】.

II

[自重] ◇→自重する

次長
vice-
assistant director
vice-director
自重
prudence
自嘲
self derision

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I

じちょう【次長】

deputy ［assistant］ (general) manager

〖C〗.

II

じちょう【自重】

◇ → 自重する

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I

じちょう【次長】

a vice-chief[-director]; an assistant director (general); a deputy chief.

学部次長 〔大学の〕 an assistant [a deputy] dean.

編集次長 a senior [an associate] editor.

次長検事 an assistant prosecutor-general; a deputy prosecutor-general.

II

じちょう【自重】

1 〔自尊〕 self-respect; self-esteem; 〖F〗 amour-propre.

～する respect oneself.

2 〔自愛〕 taking care of [looking after] oneself.

～する take care of oneself.

●天候不順の折, くれぐれも自重してください. Please take very good care of yourself in this unsettled weather.

・前途有望の君だ, 大いに自重したまえ. You have a bright future before you; you must take good care of yourself.

3 〔慎重〕 prudence; caution; circumspection.

～する be cautious; be prudent; be circumspect.

●もっと自重する be more prudent; use greater prudence

・今後われわれはますます自重すべきである. We must be more circumspect [use greater prudence] in (the) future.

隠忍自重 ⇒いんにんじちょう.

III

じちょう【自嘲】

mocking oneself; laughing at oneself; making fun of oneself; self-deprecation; self-mockery; 《文》 self-derision.

～する mock oneself; make fun of oneself; take a sardonic attitude to oneself.

●自嘲気味な声で言う say…in a tone of self-mockery

・自嘲気味に笑う laugh deprecatingly [in self-deprecation]; give a self-mocking laugh

・自嘲的(な) self-deprecatory; self-mocking.

IV

じちょう【持重】

prudence; caution.

～する practice caution; be prudent.