理事|りじriji[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noundirector; trustee
   彼かれらは彼かれを理事りじに任命にんめいした。↗

   They appointed him as a director.

• Related常務じょうむNeutralA company's managing director (常務取締役), a post above the ordinary directors; 「理事」 is mostly used for associations and foundations.
• Related取締役とりしまりやくNeutralThe director of a stock company (株式会社); 「理事」 is mostly used for associations, schools, and foundations.
• Related重役じゅうやくNeutralCovers a company's top executives; 「理事」 is mostly used for incorporated associations.
• Related専務せんむNeutralA company's senior managing director (専務取締役), ranking above 常務; 「理事」 is mostly used for incorporated associations.
• Related評議員ひょうぎいんNeutralA councillor: a member of a council (評議会) whose role is to deliberate, whereas 「理事」 carries out the body's business.

Use 「理事」 for directors of associations, schools, and foundations, as in 「理事長」. In a stock company the director is 「取締役」, the managing director 「常務」, and the senior managing director 「専務」. A councillor sitting on a deliberative council is 「評議員」.

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1. 法人ほうじんを代表だいひょうし権利けんりを行使こうしする機関きかん。
2. 団体だんたいを代表だいひょうし事務じむを取り扱とりあつかう役職やくしょく。
3. 本体ほんたいと現象げんしょう。事理じり。