常務|じょうむjoumu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounmanaging director; executive director
   会議かいぎの席せきで常務じょうむは、開口かいこう一番いちばん何なんを言いったと思おもう。大規模だいきぼなリストラ計画けいかくを発表はっぴょうしたんだよな。↗

   Guess what the managing director started off the meeting by saying. The first thing out of his mouth was an announcement of some major restructuring.
2. nounroutine business; regular business

• Synonym常務取締役じょうむとりしまりやくNeutralThe full title of the managing-director post; 「常務」 is its abbreviation and can also mean routine daily business.
• Related専務せんむNeutralThe senior managing director, generally a rank above 「常務」; also covers posts like 「専務理事」. 「常務」 handles day-to-day business.
• Related社長しゃちょうNeutralThe company president, the firm's top post; 「常務」 is one of the executive-level directors.
• Related専務取締役せんむとりしまりやくNeutralThe full title for the senior managing director; 「常務」 ranks below this post.
• Antonym非常務NeutralThe negated form, contrasting with 「常務」 simply on whether the post is 常務 or not; refers to directors who do not hold the 常務 position.

Use 「常務」 for a managing director or for routine business; 「常務取締役」 is its full form. 「専務」 (full form 「専務取締役」) is the higher-ranking senior managing director. 「社長」 is the company's top post, and the antonym 「非常務」 marks a director who is not 常務.

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1. 日常にちじょうの通常業務つうじょうぎょうむ。
2. （サ変さへん）特とくに監督かんとくする立場たちばの者ものが勤務きんむにおいて常勤じょうきんとまではいかないが、指揮しき監督かんとくができる程度ていどには出勤しゅっきんすること。