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しゃちょう
社長
とっさひらめきなんだって
It came to the president like a bolt of lightning.
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noun
company president; manager; director
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Most common form:
noun
1. to (measure of volume, approx. 18 litres)  (obsolete term)
2. square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)  (see also: 枡形)
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'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to flash (lightning, etc.); to flicker (lights); to glitter  (often written with kana only)
2. to wave; to undulate  (often written with kana only)
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conjunction
1. after all; because  (colloquialism)
2. but  (colloquialism)
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Kanji
シャ    company   やしろ Shinto shrine   
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ジ   シ   しめ to show   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
チョウ   なが long   
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