セイ, ととの.える, ととの.う, ひとし

organize, arranging, tune, tone, meter, key (music)

JLPT1 G3 S16 F478

, a variant form of , combines bundle + action indicator → pull tightly on a bundle in straightening it → imperial decree. Compare . adds # (straight) → straighten by tying firmly → *put in order*; *arrange*; *regulate*; *make proper*; *ready*; *prepare* → *wellproportioned*; *raise money* (← prepare funds).

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