国権|こっけんkokken[0]heiban (flat)

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Definitions
  1. nounpower of the state; national sovereignty; sovereign rights
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym主権しゅけんFormalFormal. The state's supreme power, used both domestically and internationally, as in 「国民主権」「主権国家」; 「国権」 is the state power itself in constitutional terms.
  • Synonym統治権とうちけんWrittenWritten register. A legal-scholarly term for the power to govern; 「国権」 is the state power as framed in the constitution, as in 「国権の最高機関」.
  • Antonym民権みんけんNeutralWritten register. Civil rights — the rights of the people — standing opposite to 「国権」 as state power, as in 「自由民権運動」.

Use 「国権」 for the power of the state, as in 「国権の最高機関」 and 「国権の発動」. For where supreme power resides say 「主権」; in legal scholarship, 「統治権」. The opposite of 「国権」 is 「民権」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 国くにが法的ほうてき実体じったいとして有ゆうする意思決定いしけってい能力のうりょく。国家こっかにおける自己じこ決定権けっていけん。「主権しゅけん」又または「統治権とうちけん」とほぼ同義どうぎであるが、使用しよう局面きょくめんにおいて使い分つかいわけられる。
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