司る

Japanese
Kanji in this term
司
つかさど
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative forms
  • 掌る (less common)

Etymology

Compound of 官 (tsukasa, “position of authority”) +‎ 取る (toru, “to take”).[1][2] The toru changes to doru as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Verb

司る (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana つかさどる, rōmaji tsukasadoru)

  1. To manage or be in charge of a role or job, in a position of responsibility.
    会計事務 (かいけいじむ)を司 (つかさど)る者 (もの)
    kaikei jimu o tsukasadoru mono
    the person in charge of or responsible for the accounting work
  2. To rule, control, or administer people or things, from a position of authority.
    生 (せい)死 (し)を司 (つかさど)る神 (かみ)
    seishi o tsukasadoru kami
    the god controlling life and death
  3. (biology) To carry out a role, to serve a function, as done by an organ of the body.
    呼 (こ)吸 (きゅう)を司 (つかさど)る臓 (ぞう)器 (き)は肺 (はい)です。
    Kokyū o tsukasadoru zōki wa hai desu.
    The organ that handles breathing is the lungs.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "司る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 司ら つかさどら tsukasadora
Continuative (連用形) 司り つかさどり tsukasadori
Terminal (終止形) 司る つかさどる tsukasadoru
Attributive (連体形) 司る つかさどる tsukasadoru
Hypothetical (仮定形) 司れ つかさどれ tsukasadore
Imperative (命令形) 司れ つかさどれ tsukasadore
Key constructions
Passive 司られる つかさどられる tsukasadorareru
Causative 司らせる
司らす		 つかさどらせる
つかさどらす		 tsukasadoraseru
tsukasadorasu
Potential 司れる つかさどれる tsukasadoreru
Volitional 司ろう つかさどろう tsukasadorō
Negative 司らない つかさどらない tsukasadoranai
Negative continuative 司らず つかさどらず tsukasadorazu
Formal 司ります つかさどります tsukasadorimasu
Perfective 司った つかさどった tsukasadotta
Conjunctive 司って つかさどって tsukasadotte
Hypothetical conditional 司れば つかさどれば tsukasadoreba

Synonyms

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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