けん
Meanings
Noun
1. Autorität; Macht; Prestige
2. Autorität (die Person); Fachgröße; Größe; Koryphäe; Virtuose
Kanji used
right (to do something)
terrifying authority
Pitch accent
んい
Top 7300
Composed of
Macht; Einfluss; Autorität; Befugnis; List; Kunstgriff
Würde; Erhabenheit; Autorität; Einfluss; Bedrohung; Abschreckung
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
Autorität; Größe
Autoritarismus; Autoritätsprinzip; autoritäre Haltung
Examples (15 in total)
He is a great authority on economics.
He is an authority on criminal law.
For the boy, his father represented authority.
My brother's an authority on philosophy.
He is an authority on China.
The students revolted against authority.
Napoleon was a man of authority.
The scholar is an authority on fiscal policy.
By what authority do you order me to do this?
I don't know who has the highest authority in Japanese grammar.
The doctor is a great authority on children's diseases.
Japanese people tend to rely on established authority.
The architect boasted that he had received a prestigious award.
In 1995, Andou received architecture's most prestigious award.
Only after a century and a half of confusion was the royal authority restored.