Practice JLPTMeaning
専制 (せんせい, sensei) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “despotism,autocracy”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 4
専制君主は人民を弾圧した。
The tyrant kept the people down.
専制 君主は 人民を 弾圧した。
The tyrant kept the people down.
人々は 常に 専制 政治に 抵抗するものだ。
People will always resist tyranny.
籤引きによって選ばれた6代将軍の足利義教が専制政治をしき、1441年に赤松満祐に誘殺されると（嘉吉の乱）、政権内の情勢にほころびが見え始める。
When Sixth Shogun Yoshinori ASHIKAGA, who had been selected for his office by lottery, but turned out to be a despotic ruler, was lured out and slain by Mitsusuke AKAMATSU (the Kakitsu Incident), the ruling power began to disintegrate.