権

Meaning

権 centers on the idea of holding official or social weight: authority, power, and the rights that come with them.

• 権けん
  N1

  right (to do something)

• 権利けんり
  N3

  right; privilege

• 政権せいけん
  N1

  (political) administration; political power

• 権力けんりょく
  N2

  (political) power; authority; influence

• 権限けんげん
  N1

  power; authority; jurisdiction

• 人権じんけん
  N1

  human rights; civil liberties

• 選手権せんしゅけん

  championship; title (of champion)

• 権威けんい
  N1

  authority; power; influence; prestige

• 特権とっけん
  N1

  privilege; special right

• 債権さいけん

  credit; claim

• 主権しゅけん
  N1

  sovereignty; supremacy; dominion

• 有権者ゆうけんしゃ
  N1

  (eligible) voter; elector; constituent; the electorate

• 版権はんけん

  copyright; publishing rights

• 利権りけん

  interest; rights; concession

• 覇権はけん

  hegemony

• 棄権きけん
  N1

  abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)

• 全権ぜんけん

  plenipotentiary powers; full authority

• 権益けんえき

  (one's) interests

• 職権しょっけん

  one's (official) authority; ex-officio authority; power

• 復権ふっけん

  rehabilitation; reinstatement; restoration of rights

• 実権じっけん
  N1

  real power

• 分権ぶんけん

  decentralization of authority; decentralisation of authority

• 強権きょうけん

  strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand

• 国権こっけん

  power of the state; national sovereignty; sovereign rights

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