ケンリョク
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. (political) power; authority; influence
Pitch accent
ンリョク
Composed of
right (to do something); authority; power
strength; power; proficiency; ability
Used in vocabulary (15 in total)
power of the state; government authority
powerful person; influential person
lust for power
position of power
absolute authority or power (over someone or something)
political force
public power; governmental authority
authoritarianism
centre of (political) power
the will to power (philosophical concept of Nietzsche)
biopower; Foucault's term for the regulation by modern states of their subjects
Examples (15 in total)
The king was shorn of his power.
The king was deprived of his power.
Power carries responsibility with it.