管理|かんりkanri[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbcontrol; management (e.g. of a business)
   彼かれに財産ざいさん管理かんりを任まかせた。↗

   I entrusted my property to him.

• Synonym制御せいぎょNeutralControls machines or restrains emotions and desires, as in 「自動制御」, stressing precise manipulation; 「管理」 is about looking after and handling affairs.
• SynonymマネジメントNeutralA loanword for business and organizational management, as in 「リスクマネジメント」; for everyday care and handling, say 「管理」.
• Synonym統制とうせいWrittenWritten-style word for guiding or restricting things under a unified policy, as in 「価格統制」; it carries a coercive force and is stiffer than 「管理」.
• SynonymコントロールNeutralLoanword for controlling or adjusting something, as in 「体重をコントロールする」, stressing the degree of control; 「管理」 is about caring for and handling affairs.
• Synonym運営うんえいNeutralMeans making an organization or event run and move forward, as in 「大会の運営」; 「管理」 centres on care and supervision, not on driving progress.
• Synonym監督かんとくNeutralMeans watching over people's actions and directing them directly, as in 「現場監督」; also a film director or coach. Its object is people.
• Synonym経営けいえいNeutralMeans setting policy and running a business or organization, as in 「会社を経営する」, with the whole operation in view; 「管理」 is more hands-on care.
• Synonym取り締まるとりしまるNeutralVerb for supervising to prevent wrongdoing and cracking down on violations, as in 「違反を取り締まる」; 「管理」 has no punitive nuance.
• Synonym切り盛りきりもりCasualColloquial word for running a household or shop and handling things capably, as in 「店を切り盛りする」; it feels more down-to-earth than 「管理」.
• Synonym取り締まりとりしまりNeutralNoun for regulation and crackdowns, as in 「飲酒運転の取り締まり」, centred on catching violations; sterner than 「管理」.
• SynonymマネージNeutralLoanword meaning to lead and run an organization or business smoothly; used less often — say 「管理」 or 「マネジメント」 instead.
• Related維持いじNeutralMeans keeping something at a set level, as in 「現状維持」, with the nuance of not letting it worsen; 「管理」 is broader care and handling.
• Related保全ほぜんWrittenWritten word for protecting something so it stays safe and intact, as in 「環境保全」, stressing damage prevention; 「管理」 covers a wider range.
• Related司るつかさどるWrittenSolemn written verb for being in charge of something as one's duty, as in 「神が司る」; in everyday speech use 「管理」 or 「担当」.
• Related支配しはいNeutralMeans putting something under your power and moving it at will, as in 「市場を支配する」; 「管理」 lacks that domineering, over-and-above sense.
• Related操作そうさNeutralMeans operating machines, and by extension covert manipulation, as in 「株価操作」; 「管理」 is the neutral care and handling of affairs.
• Related抑制よくせいWrittenWritten word for holding down or checking something — emotions, desires, impulses, even price rises, as in 「感情を抑制する」; 「管理」 carries no sense of pressing down.
• Related管制かんせいWrittenWritten word for centralized control with limits imposed, as in 「航空管制」 or 「報道管制」; it carries more of a restrictive edge than 「管理」.
• Related管轄かんかつWrittenWritten word for governing something within one's authority, and for that scope, as in 「管轄区域」; 「管理」 is hands-on care and handling.
• Related統括とうかつWrittenWritten word for pulling scattered parts together under unified control, as in 「統括責任者」; it stresses integration more than 「管理」 and says nothing about rank.
• Related監修かんしゅうWrittenWritten word for supervising the writing or production of works and vouching for quality, as in 「辞書の監修」; 「管理」 is not limited to works.
• Related規制きせいNeutralMeans restricting something by rule, as in 「交通規制」, with the emphasis on limitation; 「管理」 centres on care and handling.
• Related統御とうぎょWrittenWritten word for commanding a whole and making it obey; rare today, while 「管理」 is the ordinary word for care and handling.
• Related差配さはいWrittenRare written word for directing work or managing property on an owner's behalf; for the property sense say 「管理」, for directing say 「指図」.
• Antonym放任ほうにんWrittenWritten word for leaving something to develop without interference, as in 「放任主義」; it is 「管理」's opposite on whether to step in.
• Antonym放置ほうちNeutralMeans leaving something as it is and ignoring it, as in 「放置自転車」; the opposite of 「管理」's care and handling.

Use 「管理」 for the general care and handling of things, people or affairs. For precise control of machines pick 「制御」, for running a business 「経営」, for keeping an organization or event running 「運営」, for supervising people 「監督」, and for coercive restriction 「統制」 or 「規制」. The loanwords 「マネジメント」 and 「コントロール」 suit business talk or adjusting levels. 「放任」 and 「放置」 are the opposites — leaving things alone.

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

1. 仕事しごとを管轄かんかつし、処理しょりすること。
2. 上層じょうそう部ぶの施策しさくに従したがって、現場げんばを監督かんとくすること。
3. 作物さくもつの手入ていれ。
4. 一定いっていの体系たいけいの元もとに行動こうどうなどを把握はあく、統轄とうかつすること。