How to say "commanding" in Japanese

• 引率いんそつCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbReally means leading or escorting a group in person — a teacher taking pupils somewhere, for instance — so it fits 'commanding' only in that hands-on sense of shepherding people along.
  サッカーのチームはトムによって引率いんそつされる。↗

  The soccer team is led by Tom.
• 掌握しょうあくCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'commanding' as seizing and holding control — of an organization, power, or a situation, for example; the nuance is getting a firm grip on something and keeping it there.
  彼女かのじょは担任たんにんのクラスをよく掌握しょうあくしている。↗

  She has good control over her class.

For 'commanding', choose 引率 when the sense is physically leading a group in person, and 掌握 when it is the abstract sense of seizing and holding control over people, an organization, or a situation.

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• 引率いんそつleading
• 掌握しょうあくgrasping
• 凛然りんぜんcommanding
• 凛乎りんこcommanding
• 威風堂々いふうどうどうmajestic
• 凛々りんりんsevere
• 威厳のあるいげんのあるdignified