けん
Meanings
Noun
1. right; privilege
Kanji used
right (to do something)
profit
Pitch accent
んり
Top 2500
Composed of
right (to do something); authority; power
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
Used in vocabulary (25 in total)
title deed; certificate of title
right to know; right to access information
to waive one's right; to waive a right
Examples (58 in total)
I exercise my rights.
The people deprived him of his rights.
An individual has rights and responsibilities.
Criminals are deprived of social rights.
You should not trample on other people's rights.
People were deprived of their political rights.
How about holding a debate on women's rights?
Everybody has the right to seek happiness.
You've got no right to say that.
You have no right to go there.
Everyone has a right to live.
They have the right to do so.
I'm not trying to deprive you of your rights.
Everyone has a right to enjoy his liberty.
Every person has a right to defend themselves.
The government deprived him of all his rights.
We should respect the right of others.
The patriots stood up for the rights of their nation.
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion.
This right must be protected at all costs.
You have no right to do that.
We must stand up for our rights.
Do you think you have a right to decide what I do with my life?
You have no right to ask me such questions.
We have a right to live wherever we want to.
You are entitled to try once again.
You have no right to oppose our plan.
The rights of the individual are important in a free society.
The rights of the individual are the most important rights in a free society.
No citizen should be deprived of his rights.
You have no right to interfere in other people's affairs.
I have the right to call my lawyer.
This law will deprive us of our basic rights.
Now you've come of age, you have the right to vote.
Today everyone regards education as a right for all.
You have no right to take it away from Tom.
We must always stand up for our rights.
Everyone has a right to say what he thinks.
To begin with, you have no right to be here.
She is a strenuous supporter of women's rights.
We are entrusted with the protection of children's rights.
In a democracy, all citizens have equal rights.
Animals and plants have the right to live, and men even more so.
It goes without saying that everybody is given the equal right to speak.
He is entitled to better treatment.
Those black people have long been deprived of their rights.
The victims are entitled to compensation for their injuries.
He had, I thought, no right to do that.
They deprived the criminal of his rights.
Each employee is entitled to a two week paid vacation per year.
We consider it the citizens' legitimate right to have public libraries.
He is entitled to get the land; it was his father's.
The professor who invented it has the right to reasonable remuneration from the university.
If you join this club, you will be entitled to use all of its facilities.
These rights are inalienable.
You have as much right as everyone else.
I thought I had the right to fire anyone I wanted to.
The average nurse is entitled to three weeks' holiday a year.