Illustration: At a community orchestra rehearsal in a Japanese civic hall, the conductor controls an enthusiastic brass section with one firmly raised palm while directing a lone flautist's entrance with the baton in the other hand.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

制せいする

sei suru

to control, to command

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれらは国会こっかいで過半数かはんすうを制せいした。

    They commanded a majority in the Diet.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 無駄むだな力ちからを使つかわず効率良こうりつよく相手あいてを制せいする合気道独特あいきどうどくとくの力ちからの使つかい方かたや感覚かんかくを「呼吸力こきゅうりょく」「合気あいき」などと表現ひょうげんする。

    The unique use of power and sensation in aikido as a means to efficiently control the opponent without wasting energy is called 'breath power' or 'aiki.'

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 次つぎの第だい1次桂内閣じかつらないかくで妥協だきょうと反対はんたいの両政策りょうせいさくを取とり、1902年ねんの第だい7回衆議院議員総選挙かいしゅうぎいんぎいんそうせんきょでは190議席ぎせきを獲得かくとくして過半数かはんすうを制せいする。

    During the First Katsura Cabinet, which was formed after Ito’s, Ito took both compromising and opposing policies toward the Cabinet and in 1902, the Seiyu Party occupied 190 seats and got a majority in the seventh general election of members of the House of Representatives.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 制

  • 制system; lawOnセイ

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