取り締まり・取締り・取締|とりしまりtorishimari[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Which spelling to use
取り締まり取り締まり is the most common form and the recommended choice for beginners. It combines kanji and kana.
取締り取締り is less common than 取り締まり and combines kanji and kana. It is an alternative written form.
取締取締 is less common than 取り締まり and 取締り and is written entirely in kanji. It is not the first choice for beginners.
Definitions
  1. nouncontrol; management; supervision
    The police began a crackdown on illegal parking.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym監督かんとくNeutralNeutral word for supervising people or work; also a film director or coach. It centers on the duty to oversee, not on cracking down on wrongdoing.
  • Synonym管理かんりNeutralNeutral word for running or looking after something, as in 「品質管理」; it is about keeping things in order and carries no sense of cracking down.
  • Synonym規制きせいWrittenWritten word for restricting something through laws and rules, as in 「規制緩和」; the emphasis is on institutional limits rather than enforcement.
  • Synonym統制とうせいWrittenWritten word for unified control and coordination, as in 「組織の統制」 or 「言論統制」; at the national level it carries a coercive nuance.
  • Synonym管制かんせいWrittenWritten word for control of traffic, radio and the like, as in 「航空管制」; it does not refer to cracking down on illegal behavior.
  • SynonymコントロールNeutralNeutral loanword for control or management across a broad range of fields; common in everyday speech.
  • Related制御せいぎょWrittenWritten word for controlling machines and devices, or one's emotions and desires; 「取り締まり」 is specifically about authorities cracking down on illegal acts.
  • Related抑制よくせいWrittenWritten word for holding something down or keeping it in check, as in 「感情を抑制」; the nuance is pressing something down, not policing wrongdoing.
  • Related抑止よくしWrittenWritten word for deterring something before it happens, as in 「核抑止力」; the emphasis is on prevention rather than enforcement.
  • Related統括とうかつWrittenWritten, businesslike word for overseeing operations as a whole, as in 「統括部長」; about coordinating an organization, not policing.
  • Related制止せいしWrittenWritten word for stopping someone's action on the spot; the nuance is directly holding a person back.
  • Related統御とうぎょWrittenWritten term for commanding and ruling an organization as a whole; rare in modern usage.
  • Related総轄そうかつWrittenWritten word for overseeing and managing everything as a whole; rare and formal.
  • Antonym放任ほうにんWrittenAntonym: leaving someone or something alone without interfering — the opposite of strictly cracking down as 「取り締まり」 does.
  • Antonym黙認もくにんWrittenAntonym: tacitly allowing something or turning a blind eye, as in 「黙認される」; the opposite of taking action against it.

Use 「取り締まり」 for police or authorities cracking down on illegal acts, as in 「スピード違反の取り締まり」. For legal restrictions choose 「規制」, for traffic control 「管制」, for machine control 「制御」, and for general management 「管理」. 「放任」 means leaving things alone and 「黙認」 tacitly allowing them — both are the opposite of a crackdown.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 取り締とりしまること。
Kanji in this word
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