局長

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 局長, read きょくちょう, combines organizational bureau 局 with head 長 as a job title.
• Basic usage: It denotes the head shown in 各部署の報告を聞く局長, responsible for an organizational bureau or department 局.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Scope and context
  • The scale and authority of a 局 vary by organization, so not every 局長 maps to the same rank.