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統治とうち

touchi

governance

N1

How to remember this word

統治 is governing at the scale of nations — the state running a country. Companies get 経営; countries get 統治.

Example sentences

Example 1

sono shima wa nagaku gaikoku ni touchi sareteimashita.

That island was governed by a foreign country for a long time.

Example 2

shokuminchi jidai no touchi no arikata o megutte, ima mo giron ga tsuzuiteimasu.

Debate continues to this day over how governance worked in the colonial era.