Word Meaning 権威

けんい keni

権威 is read as けんい (keni) and means (an) authority (on).

Meaning

English

  1. (an) authority (on)
  2. expert
  3. authority
  4. power
  5. influence
  6. prestige

Reading

Kana

けんい

Romaji

keni

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 4級 Rank 3115 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

権威主義政府

けんいしゅぎせいふ

authoritarian government

権威主義

けんいしゅぎ

authoritarianism

権威的

けんいてき

authoritarian

権威筋

けんいすじ

authoritative sources

権威者

けんいしゃ

an authority

威権

いけん

authority

権益

けんえき

(one's) interests

権謀術数

けんぼうじゅっすう

trickery

権力主義

けんりょくしゅぎ

authoritarianism

権利行使価格

けんりこうしかかく

exercise price (of an option)

権利濫用

けんりらんよう

abuse of rights

権力意志

けんりょくいし

the will to power (philosophical concept of Nietzsche)

Example Sentences

10

He is an authority on criminal law.

He is an authority on the humanities.

He is a great authority on economics.

The students revolted against authority.

They saw an authority in him.

That professor is an authority on Shakespeare.

I don't know who has the highest authority in Japanese grammar.

When she was young, she participated in the student movement of anti-authoritarianism.

In 1995, Andou received architecture's most prestigious award.

According to him, the president must not be turned into a caricature, the loss of authority and public order cannot be borne.