Word Meaning 君臨

くんりん kunrin

君臨 is read as くんりん (kunrin) and means reigning (over a country).

Meaning

English

  1. reigning (over a country)
  2. dominating
  3. controlling
  4. dictating

Reading

Kana

くんりん

Romaji

kunrin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 14750 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

君主主義

くんしゅしゅぎ

monarchism

君主道徳

くんしゅどうとく

Herrenmoral (master morality, as a philosophical concept of Nietzsche)

君子は器ならず

くんしはきならず

a true gentleman is well-rounded

君沢形

きみさわがた

schooner style ship built at the end of the Shogunate

来臨

らいりん

attendance

意臨

いりん

copying calligraphy without sticking to the model (calligraphy)

台臨

たいりん

visit by the empress or the crown prince

再臨

さいりん

second coming

再降臨

さいこうりん

Second Advent

形臨

けいりん

copying calligraphy from a model

親臨

しんりん

visit by an emperor or noble

光臨

こうりん

arrival

Example Sentences

1

In Great Britain the king reigns, but does not govern.