How to say "domination" in Japanese

• 支配しはいJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe broadest of the three: domination as rule or control — holding power over people, regions, or situations and directing them. Choose it when 'domination' means being in charge or keeping something under control.
  静しずけさが森もりを支配しはいしていた。↗

  Silence reigned in the forest.
• 制覇せいはCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers domination as supremacy won by conquest: defeating all rivals to stand at the top of a competition or field. It suggests total victory over a domain rather than rule over people.
• 左右さゆうJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers domination as decisive influence: swaying or determining how a situation or outcome turns out. It is really about influence over results, not about ruling people or territory.
  成功せいこう不ふ成功せいこうは気質きしつに左右さゆうされることが多おおい。↗

  Success often depends on one's temperament.

Use 支配 for domination as rule or control over people, places, or situations; 制覇 for domination as supremacy won by conquest in a competition or field; 左右 for domination as decisive influence that sways outcomes.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 支配しはいrule
• 制覇せいはconquest
• 覇業はぎょうdomination
• ドミネートdomination
• 覇はsupremacy (over a nation)
• 跋扈ばっこrampancy
• 跳梁跋扈ちょうりょうばっこbeing rampant
• 左右さゆう(asserting) control
• 跳梁ちょうりょうrampancy