けん
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. right (to do something)
2. authority; power
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (237 in total)
authority; power; influence
interest; rights; concession
(political) power; authority; influence
powerful official; powerful office; influential position; holding of concurrent (official) posts; concurrent post; one's second post
pride; haughtiness
holding a right (e.g. to vote, copyright); eligibility; having clout; having (political) power
human rights; civil liberties
decentralization of authority; decentralisation of authority
women's rights
credit; claim
power of money; financial influence
right; privilege
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
extraterritoriality
police powers
hegemony; leadership; initiative
royal authority; regal power; authority of the king
(political) administration; political power
right of succession; right to the throne
plenipotentiary powers; full authority
championship; title (of champion)
sovereignty; supremacy; dominion
right to keep silent; right to silence; right to remain silent
copyright
discretion; discretionary power
right of use; user rights
(have) jurisdiction over
authority; power; function
right of veto
(exercising) the right to command
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
power; influence
hegemony
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
right to speak
parental authority
right to choose; a say; option
citizenship; civic rights; civil rights; widespread acceptance; social recognition; common use
strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand
autonomy; right of self-government
control of the air; air supremacy
(one's) interests
priority; preference; preferential right; right of way
civil rights
right to challenge; right to make a challenge
mining rights
heirship; (claim) the (right of) succession; one's inheritance rights
right of management
divine right (e.g. of kings)
sovereignty
suffrage; the right to vote
right to appear (e.g. in Olympics); berth
use; right to use
right to investigate; investigatory power
powerful family
supreme authority
right of access; access permission; access right
supervisory authority; regulatory authority; right of management; custodial right
rights to usage of one's likeness
territorial right; dominion
supreme command authority (of the emperor)
vested rights
control; control right
judicial power; jurisdiction
military authority
right to life
right to arrest; power of arrest
(right of) representation; right to represent (e.g. a company)
suffrage; franchise
patent rights
exclusive right; sole right
right of possession
appointive power
executive power; authority
jurisdiction
Movement for Civic Rights and Freedom (Meiji era); Freedom and People's Rights Movement
fishing rights
right of self defense; right of self defence
fundamental right; fundamental human right
right of residence (i.e. right to go on leasing a house, etc.)
sovereignty of the people
intellectual property right
property rights; the right to own property
influential vassal; powerful retainer; powerful courtier
authority; power
one's serve; (having) the serve; service
membership; membership rights; franchise; seat (e.g. stock exchange)
ecclesiastical or educational authority
right of first night; jus primae noctis; droit du seigneur
the three powers of government (legislative, executive and judicial)
voting right
mortgage; right of pledge; lien
trademark rights
land owner; leaseholder
mining rights; mining concession; mineral rights
the right to sunshine; in zoning, the right to have sunlight falling on one's building not be obstructed by new buildings
right of belligerency
governmental authority
naming rights
permanent residence; denizenship
centralization (e.g. power); centralisation
water rights
legislative power
key money (esp. on an apartment); premium (payment)
the same rights; equal rights
civil rights; franchise; citizenship
civil liberties
publishing rights; publication right; right to publish
lease; leasehold
parliamentary investigation rights
right of way
private right
arbitrary use of power
judicial review (e.g. of the constitutionality of a law)
commercial supremacy; commercial rights
translation rights (to a book)
promotional or production rights
indigenous rights; aboriginal rights
agency; (attorney's) authority of representation
right to dissolve (e.g. the Diet)
origin of rights
supreme military power
right of pledge
inappropriate means to a worthy end; expediency
social right; economic right
voting rights
lease(hold)
authority to dismiss someone (from a position)
broadcasting rights
civil rights
the right to organize; the right to organise
supremacy; sovereignty
(early Meiji era) democratic rights ideology
ministerial authority to grant permits and approvals
natural right; right under natural law
right to execute (a file); execute permission
right of equality
right of or to independence
special rights; predominant rights
the right to collective bargaining
discretionary power
televising right
right of self-determination
merchandising right
right to organize and bargain collectively (organise)
visitation rights
liberty of entrance
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
ex rights
one's birthright
right to strike
Japan's National High School Baseball Tournament (Koshien)
right to lease
the right to work
non-smokers' rights; right for nonsmokers to not be exposed to smoking in public space
rights of the head of a family
environment right
right to petition (the government)
master license (recording)
property right to an estate; title
rights of the head of a family
NTT permission-to-procure-a-phone-line
beneficiary right
surface rights (i.e. the right to build a house, etc. on land owned by another); superficies
right to strike
cum rights
share warrant; subscription warrant; call option
right to life
inviolable right
right triumphs over wrong, law triumphs over right, power triumphs over law, heaven triumphs over power; no man can oppose the divine
right triumphs over wrong, law triumphs over right, power triumphs over law, heaven triumphs over power; no man can oppose the divine
personal rights
right to prior consideration
common rights
voting rights
right of appeal
rights accruing to the head of a household (according to laws now obsolete)
stockholder's right
prospecting rights; mining claim
maritime authority
design right; right(s) to a design
(movie) distribution rights
right to the pursuit of happiness
the right to a view
right to self-determination
security interest; security right; hypothec
the right of innocent passage
perpetual land lease
fishing rights
right of preoccupancy
rights of authorship
fishing-lot rights
right of exclusion
the right to introduce a bill or measure
a usufructuary right
monopoly; exclusive right (to)
the right to tenant farm in perpetuity
(aeronautical) beyond right
oil concession; drilling rights
tenant rights
special drawing rights; SDR
right to a view
the episcopal seat
pre-emptive right (to subscribe for new shares)
public transmission rights (e.g. putting copyrightable material on the web, etc.)
public recitation right (e.g. reciting a poem in a bookstore)
lending rights (for copyrighted works under Japan's copyright law)
right to emit carbon dioxide
expectant right (as opposed to a vested right); contingent right
the right to submit a bill (draft law) to parliament
exclusive-distributorship; exclusive selling right
states' rights theory
droit de suite (artist's right to receive a royalty on resale)
export license, permit
International Covenants on Human Rights; ICCPR; International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; ICESCR
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
authority of prosecution; authority to indict
right of recourse; right for redemption
reproduction right; right of reproduction; right to make copies
right of asylum
digital rights; digitization rights; right to digitize a work
hot spring rights; right to make use of hot spring waters
linguistic rights
dealer's privilege (of being declared a winner in case of a tie)
right of way (e.g. in sailing)
Examples (1 in total)
Her husband also wanted custody of the children.