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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

利り権けん

riken

vested interest, concession

Example sentences

  1. ロシアと日本にっぽんは朝鮮ちょうせんや満州まんしゅうの利権りけんを巡めぐり対立たいりつを深ふかめた。

    Russia and Japan deepened their conflict for the interests of Korea and Manchuria.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. だが、イギリス単独たんどくではイギリスの中国ちゅうごくにおける利権りけんの維持いじにあたるには限界げんかいがあった。

    However, there was a limit to what Britain alone could do to maintain their rights and interests in China.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. イギリスも中国ちゅうごくにおける自国じこくの利権りけんを守まもるために日本にっぽんに期待きたいを示しめすようになり、1902年ねんに日英同盟にちえいどうめいを締結ていけつするに至いたった。

    England also started to show interest in Japan in order to protect its own interest in China, and this led to the Anglo-Japanese Alliance in 1902.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 利権

  • 利profit; advantageOnリKunきく
  • 権authority; powerOnケン・ゴンKunおもり・かり・はかる

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