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支配 (しはい): rule, control, direction — Japanese vocabulary

支配 is read しはい and means "rule, control, direction". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

支配

Reading
しはい · shihai
Translation
rule, control, direction
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
しはいが

Example

その王様は何年もその国を支配した。

そのおうさまはなんねんもそのくにをしはいした。

The king ruled the country for years.

Kanji in this word

  • 支 — support, branch
  • 配 — distribute

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