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主権 (しゅけん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N1 Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Meanings 1
noun
sovereignty ; supremacy ; dominion
Political and legal term for the supreme authority of a state to govern itself without outside interference. Also used in contexts like 'popular sovereignty' (国民主権) or 'territorial sovereignty' (領土主権).
その 島しま の 主しゅ 権けん を めぐっ て 二に 国こく 間かん で 対たい 立りつ が 続つづ い て いる 。
The two countries remain in conflict over sovereignty of the island.
Written forms 主しゅ 権けん Usage 100%
Standard modern kanji form.
主しゅ 權けん Usage <1%
out-dated kanji form
Outdated kanji form using 權 (kyūjitai of 権).
Kanji 権 authority, power, rights 權 authority, power, rights Similar words 独どく 立りつ 独立 (independence) refers to the state of being free from control by another country, while 主権 (sovereignty) is the supreme power or authority to govern.
自じ 治ち 自治 (self-government) is the right or condition of self-government, especially in a domestic context, whereas 主権 is the ultimate authority over a territory, often in international law.
Etymology Compound of 主 (しゅ, 'master, main') and 権 (けん, 'right, authority'). The term was coined in the Meiji period to translate Western concepts of sovereignty.
