統治|とうちtouchi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbrule; reign; government; governing
   かつてサルタンが今日きょうのトルコを統治とうちしていた。↗

   Once the Sultan ruled over what today is Turkey.

• Synonym支配しはいNeutralBroader control or domination, as in 「感情に支配される」; more forceful than 「統治」 and not limited to politics.
• Synonym治めるおさめるNeutralNative verb meaning to govern, as in 「国を治める」; it also carries the nuance of settling or quelling disputes.
• Synonym君臨くんりんNeutralTo reign as sovereign over a country; also used figuratively for dominating a field, as in 「業界に君臨する」.
• Synonym統べるすべるWrittenWritten word for ruling over or uniting, as in 「天下を統べる」, with an archaic flavor; 「統治」 is the modern, general term.
• Synonym統御とうぎょWrittenWritten and rare, meaning to command or control; 「統治」 specifically denotes exercising rule over a territory and its people.
• Synonym統領とうりょうWrittenWritten word for leadership or a leader, mostly in historical contexts; 「統治」 is rule over a territory and its people.
• SynonymしろしめすWrittenArchaic honorific for the rule of an emperor or deity, now very rare; in everyday contexts say 「統治」.
• Related司るつかさどるNeutralMeans being in charge of a function, as in 「記憶を司る」; the emphasis is on administering a specific role rather than ruling.
• Related制覇せいはNeutralA noun for domination or winning a championship, as in 「全国制覇」; often used in sports rather than for governing.
• Related制するせいするNeutralTo hold back or get the better of, as in 「機先を制する」 and 「過半数を制する」; about checking or winning, not governing.
• Related束ねるたばねるNeutralLiterally to bundle; figuratively to lead a group, as in 「派閥を束ねる」; stresses uniting people under one head.
• Related所轄しょかつNeutralA noun for jurisdiction, as in 「所轄署」; mostly used for administrative bodies and their areas of responsibility.
• Related御するぎょするWrittenWritten word for handling people or horses at one's will, as in 「馬を御する」 or 「御しがたい人物」; 「統治」 is rule over a land and its people.
• Related管するかんするWrittenWritten and rare, meaning to manage or take charge of; 「統治」 refers to ruling over a territory and its people.
• Related舵取りかじとりNeutralSteering or leadership, as in 「政権の舵取り」; mostly used figuratively for guiding a course, not actual rule.
• Related制すせいすWrittenA godan form of 「制する」 meaning to beat an opponent, as in 「決勝を制す」; common in news headlines. 「統治」 is rule over a land and people.
• Related領知りょうちWrittenWritten word for holding and ruling a territory or domain, mostly in historical contexts.
• Antonym服従ふくじゅうNeutralObedience or submission — the opposite of the control implied by 「統治」.
• Antonym隷属れいぞくWrittenWritten word for subordination or servitude — being ruled by another, the reverse of 「統治」.

Use 「統治」 for a state exercising rule over its territory and people, as in 「植民地統治」. For control in general, including non-political, use 「支配」; for governing and quelling unrest, 「治める」; for uniting a faction, 「束ねる」. The written terms 「統べる」「統御」「統領」「管する」「領知」 are rarer or historical, and 「知ろしめす」 is an archaic honorific for imperial or divine rule. 「制覇」「制する」「制す」 are about supremacy or winning, 「司る」 and 「所轄」 about being in charge, 「君臨」 and 「舵取り」 about figurative dominance or guidance. The opposites are 「服従」 and 「隷属」.

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1. 一定いっていの領域りょういきの人ひとに対たいして、排他的はいたてきに支配しはい力りょくを行使こうしすること。