Word Meaning 憲法

けんぼう kembou

憲法 is read as けんぼう (kembou) and means constitution.

Meaning

English

  1. constitution
  2. rules
  3. regulation

Reading

Kana

けんぼう

Romaji

kembou

Writing Variants

  • 憲法 けんぽう kempou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Related Words 日本国憲法,法律,政令,省令,条例,権利 Rank 270 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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憲法裁判所

けんぽうさいばんしょ

constitutional court

憲法調査会

けんぽうちょうさかい

Research Commission on the Constitution

憲法上の権利

けんぽうじょうのけんり

constitutional right

憲法十七条

けんぽうじゅうしちじょう

Seventeen-Article Constitution (of Asuka-period Japan)

憲法上

けんぽうじょう

constitutional

憲法改正

けんぽうかいせい

constitutional reform

憲法学

けんぽうがく

(study of) constitutional law

憲法記念日

けんぽうきねんび

Constitution Memorial Day (national holiday; May 3)

憲法論議

けんぽうろんぎ

constitutional debate

憲法審査会

けんぽうしんさかい

Commission on the Constitution

憲法違反

けんぽういはん

violation of the constitution

憲法学者

けんぽうがくしゃ

constitutional scholar (lawyer)

Example Sentences

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けんぽうをかいせいする。

Amending the constitution.

にほんこくけんぽうはへいわしゅぎにもとづいている。

The Japanese Constitution is based on pacifism.

かれはけんぽうのせんもんかだ。

He is an expert on the constitution.

それはけんぽういはんです。

That is a violation of the constitution.

けんぽうだいきゅうじょうはゆうめいだ。

Article 9 of the constitution is famous.

We must not violate the Constitution.

Equality is guaranteed by the Constitution.

The President suspended the constitution and imposed martial law.

Under the Constitution, the lower chamber's resolutions override those of the upper chamber.

The constitutional court will issue a decision by noon today.