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司 kanji
director, official, govt office, rule, administer
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
シ
Kun readings
つかさどる
Words with 司
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N2司会Popularleading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairmanship; chairman; presenter; host; moderator; master of ceremonies
- N1司法Popularadministration of justice; judicature
- N1上司Popular(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
- —公司Popularcompany (in China); firm
- —行司Popularreferee
- —司書Popularlibrarian
- —司令Popularcommand; commander; commandant
- —寿司Popularsushi; range of dishes made with vinegared rice combined with fish, vegetables, egg, etc.
- —司会者Popularchairman; moderator; toastmaster; master of ceremonies; chairperson; host (of a TV show, etc.)
- —司令官Popularcommandant; commanding officer; general
- —司令部Popularheadquarters
- —司法裁判Popularjudicial trial
- —にぎり寿司Popularnigirizushi; hand-pressed vinegared rice topped with seafood
- —握り寿司Popularnigirizushi; hand-pressed vinegared rice topped with seafood
- —司office (government department beneath a bureau under the ritsuryō system)
- —宮司chief priest
- —祭司priest
- —司教bishop (Catholic)
- —曹司palace room for government officials or ladies in waiting; room inside a palace or private estate allocated to employees; person living in such a room; boarding house for trainee administrators (ritsuryō period)
- —島司island governor