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権限けんげん (kengen)

power, authority, jurisdiction

  • JLPT N1
  • Pitch 3
  • #3104 most frequent

Meaning

権限 (けんげん, kengen) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “power, authority, jurisdiction”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

私わたしにはそれを許可きょかする権限けんげんがありません

I don't have the authority to permit it.

彼かれらは権限けんげんを剥奪はくだつされた。

The men have been shorn of their power.

決定けっていを下くだすのは彼かれの権限けんげんだ。

The decision belongs to him.

彼かれらを解雇かいこする権限けんげんをくれた。

He gave me authority to fire them.

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