| 制す | [せいす, seisu] (v5s, vt) (See 制する・1) to control; to command; to get the better of [Add to Longdo] |
| 機先を制する | [きせんをせいする, kisenwoseisuru] (exp, vs-s) to beat someone to the punch; to have the drop; to forestall [Add to Longdo] |
| 柔よく剛を制す;柔能く剛を制す | [じゅうよくごうをせいす, juuyokugouwoseisu] (exp) (id) soft and fair goes far; willows are weak, yet they bind other wood [Add to Longdo] |
| 制する | [せいする, seisuru] (vs-s, vt) (1) to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to bridle; (2) to get the better of; (3) to control; to command; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 先んずれば人を制す | [さきんずればひとをせいす, sakinzurebahitowoseisu] (exp) (id) First come, first served [Add to Longdo] |
| 毒を以て毒を制す | [どくをもってどくをせいす, dokuwomottedokuwoseisu] (exp) fight fire with fire; set a thief to catch a thief; fight one evil with another [Add to Longdo] |
| 入るを量りて出ずるを制す;入るを計りて出ずるを制す | [いるをはかりていずるをせいす, iruwohakariteizuruwoseisu] (exp) (id) Cut your coat according to your cloth [Add to Longdo] |