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権利 (けんり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

権けん利り

け

ん

り

Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

1

noun

right; privilege

A legal, moral, or social entitlement to do or have something. Often used in formal and everyday contexts.

誰だれにでも教きょう育いくを受うける権けん利りがある。
Everyone has the right to receive an education.
その特とっ権けんは一いち部ぶの

人ひと

の

権けん

利り

に

過す

ぎ

ない

。

That privilege is merely the right of a few people.

Kanji

権authority, power, rights
利profit, advantage, benefit

Similar words

権けん限げん
権限 refers to the authority or power to do something, often within an organization, while 権利 is a broader entitlement or right.
特とっ権けん
特権 is a special privilege granted to a particular person or group, whereas 権利 is a general right.

Etymology

Compound of 権 (authority, right) and 利 (benefit, advantage). The combination has been used since at least the Meiji period to translate Western legal concepts of 'right'.