監

Meaning

監 centers on watching over something with authority: overseeing, administering, or ruling from an official position. The idea of a government office follows naturally from that supervisory role.

• 監督かんとく
  N3

  supervision; control; superintendence; direction

• 監視かんし
  N1

  monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision; lookout

• 監査かんさ

  inspection; audit; judgement; judgment

• 監禁かんきん
  N1

  confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

• 監修かんしゅう

  (editorial) supervision; general editorship

• 監獄かんごく

  prison

• 収監しゅうかん

  imprisonment

• 監察かんさつ

  inspection; inspector

• 監げん

  special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi)

• 総監そうかん

  inspector general; commissioner

• 監理かんり

  superintendence; supervision; administration

• 警視総監けいしそうかん

  Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police

• 助監督じょかんとく

  assistant director (in taking professional movies)

• 監事かんじ

  auditor; controller; comptroller

• 監護かんご

  custody and care

• 監訳かんやく

  supervising a translation

• 舎監しゃかん

  dormitory dean

• 監房かんぼう

  (prison) cell; ward

• 監査役かんさやく

  auditor; inspector

• 監察官かんさつかん

  inspector; supervisor

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