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サンケン
Meanings
Noun
1. the three powers of government (legislative, executive and judicial)
Alt. forms
三さん権けん
サンケン
Pitch accent
サ
ンケン
サ
ンケン
Used in: 1
Composed of
three; 3
right (to do something); authority; power
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
separation of powers (legislative, executive and judicial)
heads of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
Examples (1 in total)
The three powers are the legislative, the executive and the judiciary.