Word Meaning 統治

とうち touchi

統治 is read as とうち (touchi) and means rule.

Meaning

English

  1. rule
  2. reign
  3. government
  4. governing

Reading

Kana

とうち

Romaji

touchi

Writing Variants

  • 統治 とうじ touji

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 156 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

統治下

とうちか

being under the rule of

統治機関

とうちきかん

governing institution

統治権

とうちけん

sovereignty

統治機構

とうちきこう

system of government

統治者

とうちしゃ

the ruler

委任統治

いにんとうち

mandate

信託統治

しんたくとうち

trusteeship

分割統治

ぶんかつとうち

divide and rule

植民地統治

しょくみんちとうち

colonial rule

企業統治

きぎょうとうち

corporate governance

占領統治

せんりょうとうち

rule of an occupying power

信任統治制度

しんにんとうちせいど

trusteeship system

Example Sentences

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このくにはながいあいだ、おうにとうちされていた。

this country was ruled by a king for a long time.

The king rules over the country.

The king has reigned over the country for many years.

The reign of Philip II lasted forty years.

In Great Britain the king reigns, but does not govern.

Once the Sultan ruled over what today is Turkey.

Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

It is true that Aristotle distinguishes the tyrant from the king by the fact that the former governs in his own interest, and the latter only for the good of his subjects; but it would follow from Aristotle's distinction that, from the very beginning of the world, there has not yet been a single king.