How to say "administration" in Japanese

• 政府せいふJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounAdministration in the political sense: the government of a country or the group in power. Choose this when 'administration' refers to the governing body itself, as in news about what the government has decided.
  政府せいふは倒たおされた。↗

  The government was overthrown.
• 事務じむJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounAdministration as office work: routine clerical duties such as paperwork, filing, and records, rather than management or government. This is the sense behind 'administrative work' in an office.
  事務じむ弁護士べんごしに遺言状ゆいごんじょうの作成さくせいを依頼いらいした。↗

  I asked the solicitor to make out my will.
• 経営けいえいJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbAdministration in the business sense: running and managing a company or enterprise, as in 'business administration.' It points to overall management of a business rather than clerical detail.
  そのホテルは彼かれの叔父おじによって経営けいえいされている。↗

  The hotel is run by his uncle.
• 運営うんえいJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbAdministration as the running or operation of an organization, facility, or event — keeping it going day to day. Where 経営 centers on running a business, this word covers operating activities and organizations generally.
  我々われわれはあらゆる学校がっこうを運営うんえいさせ続つづけ、あらゆる教師きょうしを職しょくにとどめておくべきです。↗

  We should keep every school open and every teacher in his job.
• 投与とうよCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbOnly the medical sense: the administration of a medicine, giving a drug to a patient. For any other sense of 'administration' this word is not what you want.
  その医者いしゃはどの薬くすりを投与とうよすべきかを決きめる前まえに慎重しんちょうに考かんがえる。↗

  The doctor thinks carefully before deciding what medicine to give.

For a country's government use 政府, for office and clerical work 事務, for running a business 経営, for operating an organization or event 運営, and for giving medicine 投与.

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• 政府せいふgovernment
• 事務じむoffice work
• 経営けいえいmanagement
• 運営うんえいmanagement
• 投与とうよadministration (of medicine)
• 政まつりごとrule
• 経理けいりaccounting
• 投薬とうやくadministration
• 施政しせいgovernment
• 監理かんりsuperintendence
• 切り盛りきりもりmanagement (of a house, store, etc.)
• 執行部しっこうぶ(the) executive
• 経国けいこくgovernment
• 執政しっせいadministration
• 経世けいせいadministration
• アドミニストレーションadministration
• 主管機関しゅかんきかんadministration
• 経略けいりゃくadministration
• 統理とうりadministration (of affairs, etc.)
• 経綸けいりんgoverning
• 行政府ぎょうせいふthe government
• 政権せいけん(political) administration
• 治績ちせき(legacy of an) administration
• 行政ぎょうせいadministration