取とり締しまる

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

manage; supervise; control

General sense of overseeing people, operations, or situations to keep them in order. Often used in business or organizational contexts.

新あたらしい部ぶ長ちょうがプロジェクト全ぜん体たいを取とり締しまっている。
The new department head is managing the entire project.

彼かれは部ぶ下かを厳きびしく取とり締しまることで知しられている。

He is known for strictly supervising his subordinates.

2

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

crack down on; enforce; regulate

Used for authoritative control, especially by police or regulatory bodies, to suppress illegal or undesirable activities. Implies strict enforcement.

警けい察さつは違い法ほう駐ちゅう車しゃを厳きびしく取とり締しまっている。
The police are cracking down on illegal parking.
政せい府ふは新あたらしい法ほう律りつで大たい気き汚お染せんを取とり締しまる方ほう針しんだ。
The government plans to regulate air pollution with new laws.

Written forms

取とり締しまるUsage56%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
取とり締しまるUsage43%
Abbreviated kanji form, seen in official or legal contexts.
とりしまるUsage2%
取とり締しまるUsage<1%
Uncommon variant; rarely used in modern writing.

Kanji

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

Similar words

管かん理りする
管理する focuses on administration and maintenance, while 取り締まる implies stricter oversight or enforcement.
監かん督とくする
監督する means to supervise or direct, often in a guiding role, whereas 取り締まる can carry a stronger nuance of policing or cracking down.

Etymology

Compound of 取り (tori, continuative form of 取る 'to take') + 締まる (shimaru, 'to tighten, to be controlled'). The combination yields the meaning 'to take and tighten', i.e., to bring under strict control.