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取り締まる (とりしまる): to crack down, to control, to supervise — Japanese vocabulary

取り締まる is read とりしまる and means "to crack down, to control, to supervise". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

取り締まる

Reading
とりしまる · torishimaru
Translation
to crack down, to control, to supervise
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
とりしまるがとりしまるが

Example

市は飲酒運転を非常に厳しく取り締まって、罰金を課している。

しはいんしゅうんてんをひじょうにきびしくとりしまって、ばっきんをかしている。

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

Kanji in this word

  • 取 — Take, Fetch, Take Up
  • 締 — Tighten, Tie, Shut

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