日本語道場

Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji

N3

Meaningsauthority, power, rights
On'yomiケン、ゴン
Kun'yomiおもり、かり、はか
Strokes15
Radical

Compounds

  • going beyond authority, unauthorized, unauthorised, ultra vires

  • vested rights

  • right of veto

  • right (to do something), authority, power

  • rights and interests (esp. those a country holds abroad)

  • power, authority, jurisdiction

  • right, privilege

  • credit, claim

  • suffrage, franchise

  • one's (official) authority, ex-officio authority, power

  • (political) administration, political power

  • Decision-making authority

Example sentences

  • Why is it that only England succeeded in abridging the King's power?

  • The constitution was amended so that women could vote.

  • The victims are entitled to compensation for their injuries.

  • He is just a Mr Nobody.

  • He delegated his authority to his competent assistant.

  • The professor who invented it has the right to reasonable remuneration from the university.

  • Institutionally, a major restraint is the copyright problem.

  • Even before Reagan and the Supreme Court stifled it, OSHA was a farce.