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JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

取とり締しまる

torishimaru

to crack down on, to regulate

Example sentences

  1. 市しは飲酒運転いんしゅうんてんを非常ひじょうに厳きびしく取とり締しまって、罰金ばっきんを課かしている。

    The city is cracking down on drunk drivers and giving them fines.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 暴力ぼうりょくを取とり締しまるのは、政府せいふの責任せきにんである。

    It is up to the government to take action on violence.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 後のちに将軍しょうぐんになると、人事じんじを一新いっしんして、不正ふせいを厳きびしく取とり締しまったといわれる。

    It is also believed that he reshuffled bakufu personnel and strictly cracked down on wrongdoings after he took over the position of the shogun.

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

Kanji in 取締

  • 取takeOnシュKunとる・とり・とり-
  • 締tighten; tieOnテイKunしまる・しまり・しめる

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