Supervision
Direction, Director
noun, する verb, の adjective
The one who oversees and coaches is the one who gives the supervision and direction. I see it all! I coach!
If you're a movie fan, you might already have seen this word used to mean director.
かんとく
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.
今日は仕事で期末試験を監督しました。
I supervised a final exam today at work.
マイケルは、宮崎はやお監督の映画を他のアニメ映画と比べています。
Michael is comparing movies directed by Hayao Miyazaki to other anime movies.
あの映画監督の名前が思い出せないんだけど。何て名前だっけ。
I can’t remember the name of that movie director. What was his name?