Word Meaning 権力

けんりょく kenryoku

権力 is read as けんりょく (kenryoku) and means (political) power.

Meaning

English

  1. (political) power
  2. authority
  3. influence

Reading

Kana

けんりょく

Romaji

kenryoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 1730 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

権力主義

けんりょくしゅぎ

authoritarianism

権力意志

けんりょくいし

the will to power (philosophical concept of Nietzsche)

権力への意志

けんりょくへのいし

will to power

権力闘争

けんりょくとうそう

power struggle

権利

けんり

right

権限

けんげん

power

けん

right (to do something)

権利金

けんりきん

key money (esp. on an apartment)

権化

ごんげ

incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva)

合力

ごうりょく

resultant force

実力

じつりょく

arms

原子力

げんしりょく

atomic energy

Example Sentences

10

The king abused his power.

Power carries responsibility with it.

The king was deprived of his power.

He's power-hungry.

Power and money are inseparable.

He has absolute power.

Bribes are something that arises in conjunction with power organizations.

Nikita Khrushchev was at the height of his powers.

The director used his power to arrange a special place in the cinema world.

However, in general, it seems that the Emperors had continued without seeking worldly power.