取り締まる・取締る・取締まる|とりしまるtorishimaru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Which spelling to use
取り締まる取り締まる is the most common written form among these variants and the form beginners should normally choose.
取締る取締る is a less common written variant of 取り締まる; you may encounter it, but 取り締まる is the safer choice for beginners.
取締まる取締まる is the least common written variant of these forms; beginners should generally choose 取り締まる instead.
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto manage; to control; to supervise; to oversee; to command
  2. godan verb, transitive verbto crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce; to regulate
    市しは飲酒運転いんしゅうんてんを非常ひじょうに厳きびしく取り締とりしまって、罰金ばっきんを課かしている。↗
    The city is cracking down on drunk drivers and giving them fines.
Conjugation
Dictionary form取り締まる(とりしまる)
Polite (masu)取り締まります(とりしまります)
Negative (nai)取り締まらない(とりしまらない)
polite (masen)取り締まりません(とりしまりません)
classical zu / nu取り締まらず・取り締まらぬ(とりしまらず・とりしまらぬ)
Past (ta)取り締まった(とりしまった)
polite (mashita)取り締まりました(とりしまりました)
Past negative (nakatta)取り締まらなかった(とりしまらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)取り締まりませんでした(とりしまりませんでした)
Te form取り締まって(とりしまって)
Potential取り締まれる(とりしまれる)
Passive取り締まられる(とりしまられる)
Causative取り締まらせる(とりしまらせる)
Causative passive取り締まらせられる・取り締まらされる(とりしまらせられる・とりしまらされる)
Conditional (ba)取り締まれば(とりしまれば)
tara取り締まったら(とりしまったら)
Volitional取り締まろう(とりしまろう)
polite (mashou)取り締まりましょう(とりしまりましょう)
Imperative取り締まれ(とりしまれ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym監督かんとくNeutralA noun for supervision or oversight, also 'director' or 'coach'; it stresses supervisory responsibility, while 「取り締まる」 stresses cracking down on wrongdoing.
  • Synonym管理かんりNeutralA noun for running or maintaining something, as in 「品質管理」; it carries no sense of investigating or punishing violations.
  • Related管するかんするWrittenA written-style verb for having jurisdiction over or running something; rare in modern Japanese.
  • Related督するとくするWrittenA written-style verb for leading and urging people on; rare in modern Japanese.
  • Antonym放任するWrittenA written-style antonym: to leave someone or something alone, the opposite of strict control.
  • Antonym放置するWrittenA written-style antonym: to leave something unattended, as in 「問題を放置する」; the opposite of cracking down.

Use 「取り締まる」 for strict control or crackdowns to prevent illegal or improper behavior, as in 「違法駐車を取り締まる」 or 「風紀を取り締まる」. For supervision choose 「監督」, for management 「管理」; to leave things alone, 「放任する」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 不都合ふつごうや不正ふせいのないように監督かんとく・監視かんしする。
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