How to say "governing" in Japanese

• 統治とうちJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers governing in the political sense: ruling or administering a state, government, or people. Choose this when 'governing' refers to the exercise of political authority over a country or its citizens.
  かつてサルタンが今日きょうのトルコを統治とうちしていた。↗

  Once the Sultan ruled over what today is Turkey.
• 制御せいぎょCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers governing in the sense of control or management: keeping a machine, system, opponent, or one's own emotions in check. For technical or emotional 'control', this is usually the word you want rather than 統治.
  オレ自身じしんを制御せいぎょする力ちからを失うしない始はじめる。↗

  I begin to lose control of myself.

Use 統治 for the political sense of governing a country or people, and 制御 for controlling a machine, a system, or one's own emotions and impulses.

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• 統治とうちrule
• 為政いせいgoverning
• 経綸けいりんgoverning
• 牧民ぼくみんgoverning
• 支配しはいcontrol (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.)
• 制御せいぎょcontrol (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.)