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制度 (せいど, seido) Japanese meaning: system | Kotomora
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Japan's education system is a 6-3-3-4 system.
A new social security system will start next year.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 制せい 度ど を 導どう 入にゅう する to introduce a system
The government introduced a new pension system.
制せい 度ど を 廃はい 止し する to abolish a system
That old system was abolished.
制せい 度ど を 利り 用よう する to make use of a system
He used the scholarship system to attend university.
制せい 度ど が 変か わる for a system to change
The tax system is scheduled to change next year.
〈 事こと 〉 制せい 度ど を 設もう ける to set up/establish a system
The company established a new evaluation system.
Kanji 度 degrees, occurrence, time Related words· 6 システム is a broad loanword for any kind of system (technical, mechanical, or abstract), while 制度 specifically denotes an institutional or rule-based system set up by an authority.
体制 emphasizes the overall structure or regime of power, while 制度 focuses on the specific rules and institutions that make up that structure.
仕組み is a more casual, general word for how something works or is organized, whereas 制度 refers specifically to a formal, often legally established system.
制度 is a full, independent noun for a system or institution, while 制 is shorter and usually attaches to another word as a suffix, as in 予約制.
Show 2 more 制度 refers to an official system or institution established by law or custom, while 体系 refers to the logical or conceptual structure tying ideas or elements together.
制度 refers to an established rule or institutional system, while 機構 refers to the organizational apparatus that carries such a system out.
Don't confuse with 規制 means a regulation or restriction that controls behavior, while 制度 is the broader system or institution itself, not the rule limiting it.
節度 (せつど, moderation/restraint) and 制度 (せいど, a system or institution) sound similar but refer to completely different concepts.
制度 (same reading, せいど) means 'system' or 'institution', while 精度 means 'precision/accuracy'; they are unrelated homophones distinguished only by kanji.
Etymology Compound of 制 (せい, 'system, control') and 度 (ど, 'degree, measure'). The combination has been used since at least the Meiji era to translate Western concepts of 'system' and 'institution'.
