system; regime; institutional arrangement; regulation
Common as a suffix meaning an established system, form of organization, rule structure, or legal/regulatory framework. Often attaches to another noun or Sino-Japanese element, as in 予約制, 二院制, 王制, and 税制.
This restaurant is strictly by reservation.
Japan's Diet uses a two-chamber system.
A new tax system will begin next year.
control; restraint; suppression; holding back
Mostly a bound kanji morpheme in compounds connected with controlling, restraining, checking, or regulating something, such as 自制, 抑制, 規制, and 制圧. It is not usually used as a free everyday noun by itself in this sense.
The 制 in 自制 and 抑制 expresses the idea of holding something in check.
Rare, classical or kanbun-style use referring to an imperial command or authoritative decree. In modern Japanese, this meaning is mainly of historical or textual interest rather than a normal standalone word.
In old kanbun-style writing, 制 can refer to an emperor's command.
This restaurant runs on a reservation system.
The company introduced an annual-salary system.
This school switched to a credit-based system.
regulation; control; restriction
control (of a machine, device, etc.) · control (over an opponent, emotions, etc.); governing; management; suppression; keeping in check
system; structure; order; setup
compulsion; coercion; enforcement
uniform
control; restraint; suppression
regulation; control
conquest; domination; supremacy · winning a championship; taking the title
enactment; establishment; creation
limitation; restriction; constraint
preemptive action; taking the initiative; head start
sanctions; punishment; disciplinary action
legislation; laws; legal system
gaining total control; suppression; mastery
hold back; rein in; bridle · get the better of; overpower · control; command
control; regulation; coordination · air traffic control
tax system; tax regime
check; restraint; curbing · containment; diversion; feint · pickoff throw; holding a runner
despotism; autocracy
restraint; stopping someone; checking or holding back
prohibition; ban; embargo
self-control; self-restraint
control; command; get the better of
braking
moderation; self-restraint; temperance
(pitcher's) control
oppression; tyranny; despotism