- 上司
- じょうし
superior authorities
boss* * *じょうし【上司】*boss〖C〗《略式》(直属の)上司《◆(1) 呼びかけにも用いる. (2) 女性にも用いる. (3) 「ボス, 顔役」の悪い響きはない》He is boss. 彼が上司です《◆be 動詞の後ではしばしば無冠詞》
My boss grumbled at me about my work. 上司は私に仕事の文句を言った
*superior〖C〗[通例 one's ~] 上役, 上司, 上官What he has done is subject to his superior's consent. 彼がしたことは上司の承認を必要とする.
* * *じょうし【上司】one's superior (officer); one's (immediate) boss; one's chief; a higher-up.●上司に恵まれない do not have good luck with one's boss; be cursed with a bad boss
・上司にあるまじき言動 words and actions (directed toward subordinates) that are inappropriate in a superior.
●上司の命により by order [under the authority] of a superior (officer)
・上司の許可を得て on [with] the approval of one's boss
・上司の悪口を言う bad-mouth one's superior
・私は上司の受けが悪いんだ. My boss doesn't like me.
●上司を上司とも思わない態度 an attitude of not treating one's boss like a boss
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.