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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

主しゅ権けん

shuken

sovereignty

Example sentences

  1. ウクライナは主権しゅけん国家こっかだ。

    Ukraine is a sovereign country.

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  2. 主権しゅけんは人民じんみんにある。

    Sovereignty resides in the people.

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  3. 憲法記念日けんぽうきねんびは、憲法けんぽうの基本的精神きほんてきせいしんである、国民こくみん主権しゅけん、基本的人権きほんてきじんけんの尊重そんちょう、平和主義へいわしゅぎを再確認さいかくにんするための日ひです。

    This is the day on which the Constitution’s fundamental spirit, the sovereignty of the people, respect for fundamental human rights, and pacifism, are all reaffirmed.

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Kanji in 主権

  • 主lord; chiefOnシュ・ス・シュウKunぬし・おも・あるじ
  • 権authority; powerOnケン・ゴンKunおもり・かり・はかる

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