Word Meaning 主権

しゅけん shuken

主権 is read as しゅけん (shuken) and means sovereignty.

Meaning

English

  1. sovereignty
  2. supremacy
  3. dominion

Reading

Kana

しゅけん

Romaji

shuken

Writing Variants

  • 主權 しゅけん shuken

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 2358 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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主導権

しゅどうけん

hegemony

主権在民

しゅけんざいみん

sovereignty of the people

人民主権

じんみんしゅけん

sovereignty of the people

主権回復

しゅけんかいふく

restoration of sovereignty

共産主義政権

きょうさんしゅぎせいけん

communist regime

株主権

かぶぬしけん

stockholder's right

関税自主権

かんぜいじしゅけん

tariff autonomy

領土主権

りょうどしゅけん

territorial sovereignty

宗主権

そうしゅけん

suzerainty

戸主権

こしゅけん

rights accruing to the head of a household (according to laws now obsolete)

民権主義

みんけんしゅぎ

democracy (as propounded by Sun Yat-sen)

権力主義

けんりょくしゅぎ

authoritarianism

Example Sentences

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Ukraine is a sovereign country.

Ukraine is a sovereign country.

Zelenskyy is an elected president of a sovereign country.

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.

Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.