How to say "manage" in Japanese

• 処するしょするCommon
  suru verb (irregular), transitive verbCovers 'manage' as dealing with or coping with a situation, matter, or person — handling it appropriately. It is not the word for running a company or supervising staff.
• 取り締まるとりしまるJLPT N1approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers 'manage' in the sense of supervising and controlling people — keeping order in an organization or among subordinates, as a manager or overseer does.
• 操るあやつるJLPT N1approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers 'manage' as operating or handling something hands-on — working a machine or skillfully controlling it. It is not how you say you manage a business or staff.
• 手がけるてがけるJLPT N1approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbCovers 'manage' as taking on work and handling it yourself — dealing with a task, project, or job as the person who actually works on it.
  私は４年ねん前まえからこの仕事しごとを手てがけています。↗

  I started doing this work 4 years ago.
• 司るつかさどるJLPT N1approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers 'manage' as being in charge of and administering a whole area — directing affairs or a function as the responsible authority over it.
  市長しちょうは市政しせいを司つかさどる。↗

  The mayor administers the affairs of the city.

Use 「取り締まる」 for supervising people or an organization, 「司る」 for administering a whole area of responsibility, 「手がける」 for personally handling a task, 「操る」 for operating or controlling something hands-on, and 「処する」 for dealing with a situation.

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

• 処するしょするto manage
• 取り締まるとりしまるto manage
• 操るあやつるto operate (e.g. a machine)
• 手がけるてがけるto handle
• 司るつかさどるto be in charge of
• 取り仕切るとりしきるto manage (all by oneself)
• 使いこなすつかいこなすto handle (men)
• 治めるおさめるto rule
• 計らうはからうto manage
• マネージmanage
• 弁ずるべんずるto manage
• 取り計らうとりはからうto manage
• 切り回すきりまわすto manage
• 繰り回すくりまわすto manage (money, family finances, etc.)
• 処すしょすto manage
• 勒するろくするto manage
• やりこなすto manage (to do successfully)
• 管するかんするto manage
• 取り回すとりまわすto deal with effectively
• 差し繰るさしくるto arrange
• 弁じるべんじるto speak
• 扱うあつかうto deal with (a problem)
• 取り扱うとりあつかうto deal with (an issue)
• 仕切るしきるto direct
• 束ねるたばねるto govern
• 使うつかうto use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.)
• 済ませるすませるto make do (with)
• 間に合うまにあうto serve (suit, meet) the purpose
• さばくto deal with
• 舵を取るかじをとるto manage
• 御するぎょするto control
• 御すぎょすto control
• 動かすうごかすto manage (e.g. funds)
• こなすto finish