駅長

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 駅長 is read as えきちょう and is a job title for the stationmaster responsible for a railway station and its staff.
• Basic usage: Use 駅長が点検する for a stationmaster conducting an inspection and 物語の駅長 for a stationmaster as a character in a story.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Difference between 駅長 and 駅員
  • The former is the manager in charge of a station, whereas the latter broadly means a station employee handling operations or passenger service.