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専売権 (senbaiken) Japanese meaning: monopoly rights | Kotomora
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にん
に
専せん
売ばい
権けん
を
与あた
え
た
。
In the Edo period, the shogunate granted monopoly rights to specific merchants.
That company holds the exclusive selling rights for this medicine.
Kanji 専 specialty, exclusive, mainly 権 authority, power, rights Related words 独どく 占せん 権けん 独占権 is a broader term for exclusive rights in general, while 専売権 specifically refers to the right to sell exclusively.
特とっ 許きょ 権けん 特許権 is a patent right for an invention, whereas 専売権 is the right to monopolize sales, which may be based on a patent or other legal basis.
Etymology Compound of 専 (exclusive), 売 (sell), and 権 (right). The term is a straightforward Sino-Japanese legal coinage.
