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権威 (けんい): authority, power, influence — Japanese vocabulary

権威 is read けんい and means "authority, power, influence". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

権威

Reading
けんい · keni
Translation
authority, power, influence
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
けんいが

Example

彼は中国に関する権威だ。

かれはちゅうごくにかんするけんいだ。

He is an authority on China.

Kanji in this word

  • 権 — right, authority
  • 威 — authority, menace

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