覇権|はけんhaken[0]heiban (flat)

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Definitions
  1. no-adjectivehegemony
    この地域ちいきに覇権はけんを主張しゅちょうした国家こっかがなかったという事実じじつに注意ちゅういを払はらわねばならない。↗
    We must pay attention to the fact that no nation claimed sovereignty over this region.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym支配権しはいけんWrittenWritten/formal prose. The right to control or rule a thing or territory, often legal; 「覇権」 is the power to dominate among rival forces.
  • Related支配力しはいりょくNeutralNeutral. The power to control or influence people or things; it has no nuance of supremacy or taking a title, which 「覇権」 can have.
  • Antonym従属じゅうぞくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Being controlled by and dependent on another; it stands opposite the dominance expressed by 「覇権」.

Use 「覇権」 for domination among nations or companies, or for winning a competition, as in 「覇権を握る」. For control in the ordinary sense say 「支配権」; the opposite of 「覇権」 is 「従属」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 覇者はしゃとしての権力けんりょく。
  2. 競技きょうぎなどで優勝ゆうしょうして得える栄誉えいよ。
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