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主権 (しゅけん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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章しょう
は
加か
盟めい
国こく
の
主しゅ
権けん
を
尊そん
重ちょう
し
て
いる
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The UN Charter respects the sovereignty of member states.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 主しゅ 権けん がある sovereignty over a place/territory belongs to someone
Japan has sovereignty over that island.
主しゅ 権けん を 侵しん 害がい する to violate a country's sovereignty
The neighboring country crossed the border and violated its sovereignty.
主しゅ 権けん を 主しゅ 張ちょう する to assert/claim sovereignty
Both countries are asserting sovereignty over the island.
主しゅ 権けん を 放ほう 棄き する to relinquish sovereignty
After the war, it relinquished sovereignty over the region.
Kanji 権 authority, power, rights 權 authority, power, rights Related words 独立 refers to a country's freedom from control by another nation, while 主権 refers to the supreme authority a state holds to govern itself.
自治 is the right of self-government within a domestic or local context, whereas 主権 is the ultimate governing authority recognized in international law.
主権 is the everyday, general term for 'sovereignty', while 国権 is a more formal, legalistic word stressing the state's overall authority.
主権 refers to the sovereignty of a state as a whole, whereas 自治権 refers to a region's or body's right to govern its own internal affairs.
Word family· 16 sovereign nation
sovereign; ruler
suzerainty
Written forms 主しゅ 権けん Usage 100%
Standard modern kanji form.
主しゅ 權けん Usage <1%
out-dated kanji form
Outdated kanji form using 權 (kyūjitai of 権).
Etymology Compound of 主 (しゅ, 'master, main') and 権 (けん, 'right, authority'). The term was coined in the Meiji period to translate Western concepts of sovereignty.
自じ 主しゅ 権けん
autonomy; right to self-determination
infringement of sovereignty
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sovereign nation; sovereign state
monarchical sovereignty
popular sovereignty; sovereignty of the people
popular sovereignty; sovereignty of the people
