Word Meaning 神権

しんけん shinken

神権 is read as しんけん (shinken) and means divine right (e.g. of kings).

Meaning

English

  1. divine right (e.g. of kings)

Reading

Kana

しんけん

Romaji

shinken

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Rank 94201 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

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神官

しんかん

Shinto priest

神道

しんどう

Shinto

神主

かむぬし

Shinto priest

神風

かみかぜ

divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)

神事

しんじ

Shinto ritual

神業

かみわざ

Shinto ritual

神木

かみき

sacred tree

神経

しんけい

nerve

神話

しんわ

myth

神様

かみさま

God

神父

しんぷ

Catholic priest

神代

かみよ

ancient time