JLPT N1 · Noun

権限 (kengen)

権限 (けんげん, kengen) is a Japanese noun meaning “power; authority”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: けんげん
Romaji: kengen
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

power; authority; jurisdiction · noun

Example sentences

何の権限で私に出て行けと言うのだ。

Who are you to tell me to get out?

Tatoeba #187708

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 権限

権

authority, power, rightsケン・ゴン・おもり・かり · 15 strokes

限

limit, restrict, to best of abilityゲン・かぎ.る・かぎ.り · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 権限.

権利けんりright権力けんりょく(political) power権威けんいauthority特権とっけんprivilege棄権きけんabstention (from voting)政権せいけん(political) administration主権しゅけんsovereignty制限せいげんrestriction限るかぎるto restrict期限きげんterm限界げんかいlimit限りかぎりlimit限度げんどlimit無限むげんinfinity

Source: JMdict entry 1258130 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.