He's the head 班長
Monday, 8 August 2005 14:58![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pneI always thought that "honcho" was originally Spanish, or possibly Amerind... it looked kind of "Mexican" to me.
Turns out it's from Japanese 班長 hanchō "squad leader". Who knew?
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