券けん

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

Refers to a physical or digital slip that grants a right, access, or discount. As a suffix, it attaches to nouns to specify the type of ticket or voucher.

映えい画がの券けんを2枚まい買かった。
I bought two movie tickets.
この割わり引びき券けんを使つかうと500円えん安やすくなります。
If you use this discount coupon, you'll get 500 yen off.

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Usage patterns

券けんを買かうto buy a ticket/coupon
コンサートの券けんを買かった。
I bought a ticket for the concert.
券けんを使つかうto use a ticket/voucher
この割わり引びき券けんは今日きょうしか使つかえません。
This discount coupon can only be used today.
券けんが当あたるto win a ticket/voucher (in a lottery or drawing)
抽ちゅう選せんで映えい画がの券けんが当あたった。
I won a movie ticket in the drawing.
券けんの期き限げんが切きれるfor a ticket/coupon to expire
この券けんの期き限げんは来らい月げつ末まつで切きれる。
This coupon expires at the end of next month.

Kanji

券ticket

Related words

切きっ符ぷN5
切符 typically refers specifically to transportation tickets like train or bus fares, while 券 is a broader term covering many kinds of tickets, coupons, and certificates.
チケットN4
チケット is a casual loanword mainly used for event or entertainment tickets, whereas 券 is the native Sino-Japanese term used in both everyday and formal compounds.

Don't confuse with

権けんN1
権 (けん) means a right or authority, while 券 (けん) is a ticket or voucher — they share the same reading but are unrelated in meaning.

Counted with

枚まいN3
Used for tickets, coupons, and similar thin pieces of paper.

Word family· 100

証しょう券けんN1
security; bond; certificate
馬ば券けん
betting ticket; betting slip
債さい券けん
bond; debenture
発はっ券けん
issuing (tickets, banknotes, etc.)
金きん券けん
gold certificate · voucher; gift certificate; coupon

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旅りょ券けんN1
passport
食しょっ券けん
meal ticket; food ticket
株かぶ券けん
stock certificate; share certificate
車しゃ券けん
bike-race betting ticket
券けん面めん
face value; face (of a bond, bill, etc.)
乗じょう車しゃ券けんN1
ticket; passenger ticket · basic fare ticket
入にゅう場じょう券けんN1
admission ticket; entrance ticket · platform ticket
割わり引びき券けんN3
discount coupon; discount ticket
回かい数すう券けんN2
book of tickets; coupon tickets; discount ticket set
定てい期き券けんN3
commuter pass; season ticket
航こう空くう券けんN2
airline ticket; plane ticket
診しん察さつ券けんN3
patient registration card; hospital card
前まえ売うり券けんN1
advance ticket; pre-sale ticket
万まん券けん
10,000-yen note; ten-thousand yen bill
券けん文もん
bond; deed; contract

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Etymology

Sino-Japanese word using the kanji 券, which originally meant a split tally or contract in ancient China, later extended to any document serving as proof of a right or transaction.