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権限 (けんげん): power, authority, jurisdiction — Japanese vocabulary

権限 is read けんげん and means "power, authority, jurisdiction". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

権限

Reading
けんげん · kengen
Translation
power, authority, jurisdiction
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
けんげんが

Example

何の権限で私に出て行けと言うのだ。

なんのけんげんでわたしにでていけというのだ。

Who are you to tell me to get out?

Kanji in this word

  • 権 — right, authority
  • 限 — limit

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