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棄権 (きけん): abstain from voting, renunciation of a right — Japanese vocabulary

棄権 is read きけん and means "abstain from voting, renunciation of a right". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

棄権

Reading
きけん · kiken
Translation
abstain from voting, renunciation of a right
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
きけんが

Example

いざ投票という時、彼は棄権した。

いざとうひょうというとき、かれはきけんした。

When it was time to vote, he abstained.

Kanji in this word

  • 棄 — abandon
  • 権 — right, authority

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