けん
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. right (to do something)
2. authority; power
Kanji used
right (to do something)
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (239 in total)
right; privilege
(political) power; authority; influence
authority; power; influence
authority; power; function
(political) administration; political power
hegemony; leadership; initiative
right of succession; right to the throne
interest; rights; concession
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
human rights; civil liberties
(exercising) the right to command
royal authority; regal power; authority of the king
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
power; influence
plenipotentiary powers; full authority
championship; title (of champion)
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
parental authority
right to choose; a say; option
citizenship; civic rights; civil rights; widespread acceptance; social recognition; common use
sovereignty; supremacy; dominion
credit; claim
strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand
autonomy; right of self-government
control of the air; air supremacy
(one's) interests
right to keep silent; right to silence; right to remain silent
priority; preference; preferential right; right of way
civil rights
right to challenge; right to make a challenge
heirship; (claim) the (right of) succession; one's inheritance rights
right of management
divine right (e.g. of kings)
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
discretion; discretionary power
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)
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
control; control right
pride; haughtiness
judicial power; jurisdiction
military authority
right to arrest; power of arrest
suffrage; franchise
(right of) representation; right to represent (e.g. a company)
exclusive right; sole right
right of possession
executive power; authority
right of self defense; right of self defence
Movement for Civic Rights and Freedom (Meiji era); Freedom and People's Rights Movement
fundamental right; fundamental human right
property rights; the right to own property
holding a right (e.g. to vote, copyright); eligibility; having clout; having (political) power
sovereignty of the people
right of residence (i.e. right to go on leasing a house, etc.)
intellectual property right
influential vassal; powerful retainer; powerful courtier
centralization (e.g. power); centralisation
authority; power
one's serve; (having) the serve; service
membership; membership rights; franchise; seat (e.g. stock exchange)
the three powers of government (legislative, executive and judicial)
ecclesiastical or educational authority
right of first night; jus primae noctis; droit du seigneur
right of use; user rights
mortgage; right of pledge; lien
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
permanent residence; denizenship
the same rights; equal rights
legislative power
civil rights; franchise; citizenship
key money (esp. on an apartment); premium (payment)
power of money; financial influence
women's rights
decentralization of authority; decentralisation of authority
civil liberties
publishing rights; publication right; right to publish
parliamentary investigation rights
civil rights
arbitrary use of power
(have) jurisdiction over
private right
judicial review (e.g. of the constitutionality of a law)
promotional or production rights
indigenous rights; aboriginal rights
commercial supremacy; commercial rights
translation rights (to a book)
agency; (attorney's) authority of representation
right to dissolve (e.g. the Diet)
social right; economic right
inappropriate means to a worthy end; expediency
supreme military power
right of pledge
origin of rights
broadcasting rights
authority to dismiss someone (from a position)
natural right; right under natural law
supremacy; sovereignty
(early Meiji era) democratic rights ideology
the right to organize; the right to organise
ministerial authority to grant permits and approvals
property right to an estate; title
right to execute (a file); execute permission
right of or to independence
right to organize and bargain collectively (organise)
right of self-determination
visitation rights
the right to collective bargaining
special rights; predominant rights
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
right to strike
rights of the head of a family
rights of the head of a family
non-smokers' rights; right for nonsmokers to not be exposed to smoking in public space
right to petition (the government)
master license (recording)
the right to work
surface rights (i.e. the right to build a house, etc. on land owned by another); superficies
NTT permission-to-procure-a-phone-line
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
beneficiary right
share warrant; subscription warrant; call option
right to strike
right to self-determination
right to prior consideration
the right of innocent passage
design right; right(s) to a design
rights accruing to the head of a household (according to laws now obsolete)
stockholder's right
right to the pursuit of happiness
the right to a view
security interest; security right; hypothec
prospecting rights; mining claim
(movie) distribution rights
right of appeal
powerful official; powerful office; influential position; holding of concurrent (official) posts; concurrent post; one's second post
linguistic rights
exclusive-distributorship; exclusive selling right
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
export license, permit
International Covenants on Human Rights; ICCPR; International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; ICESCR
the right to submit a bill (draft law) to parliament
the right to tenant farm in perpetuity
right of preoccupancy
public recitation right (e.g. reciting a poem in a bookstore)
(aeronautical) beyond right
expectant right (as opposed to a vested right); contingent right
pre-emptive right (to subscribe for new shares)
rights of authorship
the right to introduce a bill or measure
digital rights; digitization rights; right to digitize a work
dealer's privilege (of being declared a winner in case of a tie)
a usufructuary right
right of exclusion
public transmission rights (e.g. putting copyrightable material on the web, etc.)
droit de suite (artist's right to receive a royalty on resale)
monopoly; exclusive right (to)
right of recourse; right for redemption
authority of prosecution; authority to indict
right of asylum
lending rights (for copyrighted works under Japan's copyright law)
states' rights theory
right of way (e.g. in sailing)
hot spring rights; right to make use of hot spring waters
right of recourse; right for redemption
reproduction right; right of reproduction; right to make copies
oil concession; drilling rights
Examples (1 in total)
Her husband also wanted custody of the children.