How to say "jurisdiction" in Japanese

• 管轄かんかつCommon
  suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveThe general word for jurisdiction: the control or charge that a court, government office, or other body exercises over a territory, organization, or matter.
  その件けんは通産つうさん省しょうの管轄かんかつ下かにある。↗

  The matter comes under MITI.
• 所管しょかんCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbJurisdiction in the administrative sense: which ministry, agency, or office has charge of a particular matter or organization. It points to the office responsible rather than to power in the abstract.
  いったんポストに入いれたものは、郵便局ゆうびんきょくの所管しょかんとなる。↗

  Once a thing is posted, it is in the care of the Post Office.
• 権限けんげんJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounReally 'power' or 'authority': use it where 'jurisdiction' means the legal authority of a person or body to act or decide, not the territory or office concerned.
  何なんの権限けんげんで私に出でて行いけと言いうのだ。↗

  Who are you to tell me to get out?
• 管区かんくCommon
  nounMarginal as a translation of 'jurisdiction': it really denotes a district under the control of a particular office, not the authority itself, so it is seldom the word you want for the abstract sense.
• 所轄しょかつCommon
  suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveJurisdiction as the territorial charge of a local office, especially a police station covering a given area. It points to which station is responsible rather than to the power itself.
  いったんポストに入いれたものは、郵便局ゆうびんきょくの所轄しょかつになる。↗

  Once a thing is posted, it is in the care of the Post Office.

Use 管轄 for jurisdiction as control over an area or matter, 所管 for the office administratively in charge, 権限 for the authority to act, 所轄 mainly for police coverage of an area, and 管区 for the district itself.

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• 管轄かんかつjurisdiction
• 所管しょかんjurisdiction
• 権限けんげんpower
• 管区かんくjurisdiction
• 所轄しょかつjurisdiction
• 司法権しほうけんjudicial power
• 帰属きぞくbelonging
• 裁判権さいばんけんjurisdiction
• 法域ほういきjurisdiction
• 縄張りなわばりone's turf