民みん権けん

noun

civil rights; people's rights

Refers to the rights of citizens, especially in political and historical contexts such as the Freedom and People's Rights Movement (自由民権運動).

• 自じ由ゆう民みん権けん運うん動どうは、明めい治じ時じ代だいに民みん権けんの拡かく大だいを求もとめた政せい治じ運うん動どうです。

  The Freedom and People's Rights Movement was a political movement in the Meiji era that sought the expansion of civil rights.

• 憲けん法ぽうは国こく民みんの民みん権けんを保ほ障しょうしている。

  The constitution guarantees the people's civil rights.