施し行こう

also: せこう · しぎょう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

施行する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

enforcement; putting into effect (a law)

Only with reading しこう / せこう

Primarily used for laws, regulations, or systems coming into force. The reading せこう is rare and mostly legal.

Only with reading しこう / しぎょう

Used for implementing plans, policies, or measures. The reading しぎょう is rare.

〈事こと〉を施し行こうするto enforce or put into effect (a law, regulation, etc.)
新あたらしい法ほう律りつが来き月げつから施し行こうされる。
The new law will go into effect starting next month.
施し行こうから〈数かず〉a period of time since a law or policy took effect
この条じょう例れいは施し行こうから十じゅう年ねんが経たった。
Ten years have passed since this ordinance took effect.
〈事こと〉の施し行こうに伴ともないin accordance with / following the enforcement of (a law or measure)
改かい正せい法ほうの施し行こうに伴ともない、手て続つづきが変へん更こうされた。
With the enforcement of the revised law, the procedures were changed.

実じっ施しN3
実施 is the general, everyday word for carrying something out, while 施行 is more formal and usually refers to laws or official policies taking effect.
執しっ行こうN1sense 1
執行 stresses the authoritative carrying-out of a decision or order (e.g. a court judgment), whereas 施行 focuses on a law or system coming into force.
制せい定ていN1sense 1
制定 refers to the act of enacting or establishing a law, while 施行 refers to that law actually taking effect afterward.
発はっ効こう
施行 refers to actually putting a law into practice/enforcement, while 発効 refers to the moment it legally becomes effective.

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敷しくN3
施行する is the formal legal term for putting a law or regulation into effect, whereas 敷く is used more broadly and colloquially for imposing an order, as in 戒厳令を敷く.
適てき用ようN3
施行 refers to a law or regulation coming into legal effect, while 適用 refers to that law being applied to specific people or situations.

廃はい止しN1sense 1
廃止 means abolishing or repealing a law, the opposite of 施行, which means putting that law into force.

施せ工こう
施工 (せこう) means carrying out construction work, while 施行 (also read せこう in legal contexts, more commonly しこう) means putting a law or policy into effect—easy to confuse because they share the せこう reading and similar kanji.
進しん行こうN1
施行 (enforcing a law or putting a system into effect) sounds similar to 進行 but refers to legal implementation, not forward movement or progress.
執しっ行こうN1
施行 refers to a law or regulation taking effect or being put into force, while 執行 refers to actively carrying out an order, duty, or sentence.
嗜し好こうN1
施行 (also read しこう) means the 'enforcement' or 'implementation' of a law, an entirely unrelated meaning to 嗜好's 'taste/preference'.

件けんN2
For matters, cases, and incidents — requests, accidents, inquiries (お問い合わせ1件).
回かいN4
The neutral counter for occurrences: how many times something happens.

Composed of 施 (carry out, give) and 行 (go, carry out). The word is a Sino-Japanese compound used in formal and legal contexts.