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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

権けん限げん

kengen

authority, power

Example sentences

何なんの権限けんげんで私わたしに出でて行いけと言いうのだ。
Who are you to tell me to get out?
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彼かれらは権限けんげんを剥奪はくだつされた。
The men have been shorn of their power.
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決定けっていを下くだすのは彼かれの権限けんげんだ。
The decision belongs to him.
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Kanji in 権限

権authority; powerOnケン・ゴンKunおもり・かり・はかる
限limit; restrictOnゲンKunかぎる・かぎり

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