宰
宰

superintend, manager, rule

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宰相さいしょうNounFreq #8868
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prime minister; premier; chancellor

屠るほふるはふるほぶるTransitiveGodan verbFreq #15544
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Formal or literary term

to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher

2

Formal or literary term

to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish

主宰しゅさいNounFreq #40607
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Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

chairmanship; presidency; management

Examples
第６条議長は全会議を主宰するものとする。
Article 6. The president shall preside at all meetings.
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president; chairman

主宰者しゅさいしゃNounFreq #77566
1

president; chairman

宰領さいりょうNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #84731
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supervision; superintendence; management; supervisor

大宰府だざいふNounFreq #89904
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Historical term

dazaifu (under the ritsuryō system, governmental office with jurisdiction over Kyushu, Iki and Tsushima)

厨宰ちゅうさいNounArchaicFreq #168059
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chef; head cook

冢宰ちょうさいNounFreq #171330
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Historical term

Minister of State (Zhou dynasty China)

黒衣の宰相こくいのさいしょうこくえのさいしょうNounExpressionFreq #182305
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Buddhist priest who is also an important politician

大宰帥おおみこともちのかみだざいのそつだざいのそちNounFreq #240499
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Historical term

director of the dazaifu (ritsuryō system)

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