取とり締しまり

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

noun

control; supervision; enforcement

Refers to keeping something under control or enforcing rules, laws, or regulations. Very common in contexts such as traffic violations, illegal activities, and official supervision.

警けい察さつは飲いん酒しゅ運うん転てんの取とり締しまりを強きょう化かした。
The police strengthened enforcement against drunk driving.
交こう通つう違い反はんの取とり締しまりが厳きびしくなった。
Control of traffic violations has become stricter.

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Usage patterns

取とり締しまりを強きょう化かするto strengthen enforcement/crackdown
警けい察さつは飲いん酒しゅ運うん転てんの取とり締しまりを強きょう化かした。
The police strengthened their crackdown on drunk driving.
取とり締しまりを行おこなうto carry out enforcement/a crackdown
この地ち域いきでは違い法ほう駐ちゅう車しゃの取とり締しまりを行おこなっている。
Enforcement against illegal parking is being carried out in this area.
〈事こと〉の取とり締しまりa crackdown on X
スピード違い反はんの取とり締しまりが増ふえている。
Crackdowns on speeding are increasing.
取とり締しまりの対たい象しょうになるto become subject to enforcement/a crackdown
無む許きょ可かの営えい業ぎょうは取とり締しまりの対たい象しょうになる。
Operating without a license becomes subject to enforcement.

Kanji

取take, fetch, take up
締tighten, tie, shut

Related words

規き制せいN1
規制 refers to the rules or restrictions themselves, while 取り締まり refers to the act of enforcing or policing those rules.
監かん督とくN3
監督 is broader supervision or oversight (e.g. of work or projects), while 取り締まり carries a stronger sense of policing violations or illegal activity.
摘てき発はつN1
摘発 focuses on exposing or uncovering wrongdoing in a specific case, while 取り締まり refers to the ongoing system or activity of enforcement.

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取とり締しまり役やくN1
取締役 is a company director or board member, while 取り締まり means enforcement or crackdown; they share kanji but have unrelated meanings.
取とり立たて
取り締まり means a crackdown or enforcement of rules, while 取り立て means collecting money owed or promoting someone; the two share the 取り- prefix but differ completely in meaning.
取とり扱あつかいN1
取り締まり means a crackdown or regulatory control (as of traffic or crime), while 取り扱い just means the ordinary handling or treatment of something.

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取とり調しらべN1
取り締まり means enforcement or a crackdown on illegal activity, not the act of questioning a person like 取り調べ.
取とり決きめN1
取り締まり means regulation or crackdown/control, quite different from 取り決め's meaning of a mutual decision or agreement, despite sharing the kanji 取り.
取とり消けしN3
取り締まり means a crackdown or regulatory control and looks similar in kanji, but it has nothing to do with 取り消し, which means cancellation or revocation.

Written forms

取とり締しまりUsage7%
Most common standard spelling, supported by high frequency/priority.
取とり締しまりUsage82%
Okurigana-less spelling; especially seen in official or compound-like contexts.
取とり締しまりUsage11%
Common alternative okurigana spelling.
取とり締しまりUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not recommended as the normal spelling.
取とり締しまりUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; use 取り締まり or 取締り in normal writing.

Etymology

Noun form of the verb 取り締まる, combining 取り with 締まる/締める-related control or tightening imagery. The spelling is conventional; this is a practical component explanation rather than a precise historical derivation.