制
せい
system; organization; organisation; imperial command
JLPT N1 Common word
Meanings
Noun, Noun, suffix
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation; control; government; suppression; restraint; holding back; establishment
Example sentences
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They are paid by the day.
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I'm paid by the hour.
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I'm paid by the day.
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We're paid by the job.
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This ramen restaurant uses a ticket system.
More examples (6)
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The enterprises carried the five-day workweek.
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We are aiming at establishing the five-day workweek.
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Every other week, Tom's company gives him a second day off work.
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We bargained that we should go on a five-day week.
薬剤師になる目的で薬学を志望する人は6年制学科を選んでください。
People taking pharmacy with the intent of becoming chemists should choose the six year course.
しかし物々交換制は、人々の要求が一致することは希であったので、非常に不満足な制度だった。
Barter, however, was a very unsatisfactory system because people's needs seldom matched exactly.