Word Meaning 棄権

きけん kiken

棄権 is read as きけん (kiken) and means abstention (from voting).

Meaning

English

  1. abstention (from voting)
  2. renunciation (of a right)
  3. withdrawal (from a contest)

Reading

Kana

きけん

Romaji

kiken

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 3237 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

棄権者

きけんしゃ

non-voter

途中棄権

とちゅうきけん

dropping out

権利放棄同意書

けんりほうきどういしょ

general release

権利放棄

けんりほうき

waiver

権利を棄てる

けんりをすてる

to abandon one's rights

債権放棄

さいけんほうき

debt forgiveness

棄却

ききゃく

rejection

棄損

きそん

damage

選挙権

せんきょけん

suffrage

債権

さいけん

credit

黙秘権

もくひけん

right to keep silent

Example Sentences

1

かのじょはしあいをきけんした。

she withdrew from the match.