権けん官かん

noun

powerful official; influential position

Historical term for a high-ranking or influential government post, especially in pre-modern Japan. Not used for modern corporate titles.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいには、権けん官かんが政せい治じの実じっ権けんを握にぎることもあった。

  In the Heian period, powerful officials sometimes held the real political power.

noun

concurrent post; holding multiple offices

Refers to one person holding more than one official position simultaneously, often in a historical bureaucratic context. Compare with 兼官 (けんかん), which is a more general term for concurrent posts.

See also: 兼官

• 彼かれは権けん官かんとして、二ふたつの役やく所しょを兼けん務むしていた。

  He held concurrent posts, serving in two government offices at the same time.