所轄|しょかつshokatsu[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectivejurisdiction
    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.
Conjugation
Dictionary form所轄する(しょかつする)
Polite (masu)所轄します(しょかつします)
Negative (nai)所轄しない(しょかつしない)
polite (masen)所轄しません(しょかつしません)
classical zu / nu所轄せず・所轄せぬ(しょかつせず・しょかつせぬ)
Past (ta)所轄した(しょかつした)
polite (mashita)所轄しました(しょかつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)所轄しなかった(しょかつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)所轄しませんでした(しょかつしませんでした)
Te form所轄して(しょかつして)
Potential所轄できる(しょかつできる)
Passive所轄される(しょかつされる)
Causative所轄させる(しょかつさせる)
Causative passive所轄させられる(しょかつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)所轄すれば(しょかつすれば)
tara所轄したら(しょかつしたら)
Volitional所轄しよう(しょかつしよう)
polite (mashou)所轄しましょう(しょかつしましょう)
Imperative所轄しろ(しょかつしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym管轄かんかつWrittenWritten register. Jurisdiction exercised by virtue of one's authority, as in 「管轄外」. More common than 「所轄」 and generally interchangeable with it.
  • Synonym管区かんくWrittenWritten register. The geographic area under an agency's jurisdiction, as in 「管区気象台」. It names the district itself, not the act of governing.
  • Related権限けんげんNeutralNeutral. The scope within which official power can be exercised, as in 「権限がない」. It centers on authority itself rather than the area governed.
  • Related支配しはいNeutralNeutral. Rule or domination: bringing something under your power and directing it at will. Its scope is broader and stronger than 「所轄」.

For an office's jurisdiction over a given area, use 「所轄」, often in 「所轄の警察署」 or 「所轄官庁」. For jurisdiction in general say 「管轄」; for the district itself, 「管区」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. ある範囲はんいの仕事しごとの責任せきにんをもち、管理かんりすること。
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