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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

権けん

N1
けん ken
  1. authority
  2. the right (to do something)
noun suffixnoun

Chinese meanings

权利;权力

Examples

  • 息子は二人とも王位継承権があると主張した。
    Both sons pretended to the throne.
    两个儿子都声称拥有王位继承权。
  • 問もん題だいは子こ供どもの引ひき取とり権けんだった。
    But custody of the children was a problem.
    问题是孩子的监护权。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('3182bddbf5'); // 権
{
  "id": "3182bddbf5",
  "word": "権",
  "reading": "けん",
  "romaji": "ken",
  "meanings": [
    "authority",
    "the right (to do something)"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n-suf",
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1258080,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "息子は二人とも王位継承権があると主張した。",
      "en": "Both sons pretended to the throne.",
      "tatoeba_id": 139911
    },
    {
      "ja": "問題は子供の引き取り権だった。",
      "furigana": "{問題|もんだい}は{子供|こども}の{引|ひ}き{取|と}り{権|けん}だった。",
      "en": "But custody of the children was a problem.",
      "tatoeba_id": 79828
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "11dd13499bad8877b79d60169721dd8b0b610a8c764430a9b92974395a4ade8c",
    "meanings": [
      "权利",
      "权力"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "息子は二人とも王位継承権があると主張した。",
        "zh": "两个儿子都声称拥有王位继承权。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "問題は子供の引き取り権だった。",
        "zh": "问题是孩子的监护权。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/3182bddbf5",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1258080; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "de78510a5160b2901b82a02130d21735db01353692c552a8dea0cb351c57b9aa",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}