管轄

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 管轄 combines characters associated with administering and controlling a scope; it is read かんかつ and is also used as 管轄する.
• Basic usage: It denotes the area or work that an authority or department has the power and responsibility to administer.
  • In その道路は市役所の管轄です。, the road is under city-hall jurisdiction; どの部署が管轄する業務なのか確認しました。 asks which department administers the work.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Authority and governing subject
  • In 市役所の管轄, の links the jurisdiction to the authority, while 部署が管轄する uses が for the department exercising it.
• Object of 管轄する
  • 管轄する is transitive, so the work or area under authority can take を, as in 部署が業務を管轄する.
• 管轄 and 担当
  • 担当(たんとう) broadly concerns a person or team assigned to a task. 管轄 focuses on an organization's formal sphere of administrative authority and responsibility.