司る
つかさどる · tsukasadoru
To be in charge of, to manage, to direct, to administer, to preside over
- to rule, to govern, to control
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falls after mora 4 · what is pitch accent?
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 司りますつかさどります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 司りませんつかさどりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 司りましたつかさどりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 司りませんでしたつかさどりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 司りましょうつかさどりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 司りつかさどり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 司りたいつかさどりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 司りながらつかさどりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 司ってつかさどって |
| Plain past (た形) | 司ったつかさどった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 司ったらつかさどったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 司っているつかさどっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 司らないつかさどらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 司らなかったつかさどらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 司らなくてつかさどらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 司れるつかさどれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 司ればつかさどれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 司れつかさどれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 司ろうつかさどろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 司られるつかさどられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 司らせるつかさどらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 司らされるつかさどらされる |
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What does 司る mean?
To be in charge of, to manage, to direct, to administer, to preside over. It can also mean: to rule, to govern, to control.
How do you pronounce 司る?
つかさどる (tsukasadoru). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 4. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 司る?
JLPT N1 — advanced. See the JLPT N1 guide.
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