差配(さはい)

さはい
noun, suru-verb
management; supervision; agent; landlord's representative
1. management; supervision; direction
overseeing and directing affairs, especially of a property or estate
彼(かれ)が全体(ぜんたい)の差配(さはい)をする。
He oversees the whole operation.
現場(げんば)の差配(さはい)を任(まか)される。
To be entrusted with managing the site.
母親(ははおや)が家(いえ)の差配(さはい)をしている。
The mother manages the household.
2. agent; landlord's representative; property manager
a person who manages property on behalf of the owner (historical/traditional usage)
大家(おおや)の差配(さはい)に連絡(れんらく)する。
To contact the landlord's agent.
昔(むかし)は差配(さはい)が家賃(やちん)を集(あつ)めていた。
In the old days, the property agent collected the rent.
長屋(ながや)の差配(さはい)を務(つと)める。
To serve as the agent for a row house.

USAGE:

  • 差配(さはい)する (to manage, to supervise)
  • 差配(さはい)を任(まか)される (to be entrusted with management)
  • 差配(さはい)人(にん) (manager, agent)

SENSE 2 (Historical):
In the Edo period and early modern Japan, 差配(さはい) or 差配人(さはいにん) referred to property managers who acted on behalf of landlords. This usage appears in historical fiction and period dramas.

MODERN EQUIVALENTS:

  • 管理人(かんりにん) (building manager)
  • 不動産管理(ふどうさんかんり)会社(かいしゃ) (property management company)

RELATED:

  • 管理(かんり) (management)
  • 監督(かんとく) (supervision)
  • 取(と)り仕切(しき)る (to manage, to direct)
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Added 2026.1.25 18:58
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