This is the 1970th most frequent Japanese word.
ちょう
The Japanese word "ちょう" (chō) can mean "town," "block," "super," "butterfly," or "chief," depending on context.
The word 'ちょう' is used as a colloquial prefix for emphasis, similar to 'super' or 'extremely'.
今日はちょう美味しいラーメンを食べた。
Today, I ate extremely delicious ramen.
The word 'ちょう' is written as '町長', meaning 'town mayor', but here is part of the compound '町', referring to 'town'.
町ちょうの図書館に行きました。
I went to the town library.
The word 'ちょう' here indicates 'head', as in '長', commonly used for someone leading or presiding over something.