治める
おさめる
(1) to govern, to manage, (2) to subdue
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Examples
王は国を公正に治めた。
おうはくにをこうせいにおさめた。
The king ruled his country justly.
彼はわずか十年でこの地方を治めた。
かれはわずかじゅうねんでこのちほうをおさめた。
He brought this region under his rule in just ten years.
政府はようやく国内の混乱を治めた。
せいふはようやくこくないのこんらんをおさめた。
The government finally quelled the unrest in the country.
Common patterns
- 国を治める
- to govern a country
- 争いを治める
- to settle a dispute
- 痛みを治める
- to soothe a pain
Memory tip
Four verbs share the reading おさめる: 治 is the one for ruling and for calming something down, while 収める is to obtain or put away, 納める to pay in, and 修める to master a subject. Its intransitive pair is 治まる.
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