マネージャーmaneejaa
マネジャーmanejaaマネージャmaneeja
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Definitions
- nounmanager
- nounperson in a (school or university) sports team in charge of administrative and miscellaneous duties
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym支配人しはいにんFormalFormal title for a manager with full authority acting for the owner, used mainly at hotels and theatres; 「マネージャー」 is broader, covering sports-club staff too.
- Synonym番頭ばんとうNeutralTraditional term for the chief clerk of an old merchant house; now also figuratively a trusted right-hand person, as in 「社長の番頭役」. Modern managers are usually 「マネージャー」.
Modern workplace and club managers are 「マネージャー」; the formal title for a hotel or theatre general manager is 「支配人」, while 「番頭」 was the chief clerk of an old merchant house.
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