| 主宰 | しゅさい | supervision, chairmanship |
| 宰相 | さいしょう | prime minister |
| 黒衣の宰相 | こくいのさいしょう | Buddhist priest who is a government minister |
| 主宰者 | しゅさいしゃ | president, chairman |
| 宰領 | さいりょう | supervision, superintendence, management, supervisor |
| 宰相の器 | さいしょうのき | person qualified for prime minister |
| 伴食宰相 | ばんしょくさいしょう | an incompetent cabinet minister, a figurehead minister |
| 総括主宰者 | そうかつしゅさいしゃ | (electoral) campaign manager |
| 大宰府 | だざいふ | dazaifu (under the ritsuryo system, governmental office with jurisdiction over Kyushu, Iki and Tsushima) |
| 冢宰 | ちょうさい | Minister of State (Zhou-dynasty China) |
