Vocabulary
Form
to rule; to govern; to reign over; to administer; to manage (e.g. a household)
verb
vt
N3
freq #46
Example sentences
彼(かれ)は自分(じぶん)の家族(かぞく)すら取(と)りしきれないのに、まして一国(いっこく)を治(おさ)めるなんて!
He can't run his own family, let alone a nation!
王(おう)は自分(じぶん)の王国(おうこく)を公正(こうせい)に治(おさ)めた。
The king ruled his kingdom justly.
その王(おう)がその国(くに)を治(おさ)めていた。
The king governed the country.
その王(おう)は島(しま)を治(おさ)めた。
The king reigned over the island.