市長

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 市長 is a noun read しちょう, meaning the mayor who represents and leads a city administration.
• Basic usage: Use 市長が挨拶する when the mayor gives remarks and 市長に要望書を手渡す when someone hands a written request to the mayor.
  • 市長が新しい図書館の開館式で挨拶した。 describes the mayor speaking at the opening ceremony for a new library; 住民代表は市長に要望書を手渡した。 describes a residents' representative handing the mayor a written request.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 市長が挨拶する
  • が marks the mayor as the person giving the remarks.
• 市長に手渡す
  • に marks the recipient to whom the document is handed directly.
• 開館式で
  • で identifies the ceremony or setting in which the remarks are given.