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For pronunciation and definitions of しゅちょう – see the following entries.
主張
[noun] opinion, assertion, contention
[verb] maintain, argue, claim
首長
[noun] chief (leader of group etc)
[noun] chief (head of an organization)
[noun] emir
Alternative spelling
くびちょう
朱鳥
[proper noun] Synonym of 朱雀 (Shujaku, the Vermillion Bird of the South; guardian creature of the south)
[proper noun] (Chinese astronomy) Synonym of 朱雀 (Shujaku, general term for the seven mansions of the south in Chinese astronomy)
[proper noun] the Shuchō era, 686
Alternative spelling
すちょう
(This term, しゅちょう (shuchō), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
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