けん
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. right (to do something)
2. authority; power
Pitch accent
け
ん
Used in vocabulary (266 in total)
authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert
power; authority; jurisdiction
great power and high status; person with power and status
right; privilege
human rights; civil liberties
pride; haughtiness
women's rights
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
hegemony; leadership; initiative
right of succession; right to the throne
credit; claim
extraterritoriality
powerful official; powerful office; influential position; holding of concurrent (official) posts; concurrent post; one's second post
holding a right (e.g. to vote, copyright); eligibility; having clout; having (political) power
(political) power; authority; influence
(political) administration; political power
interest; rights; concession
plenipotentiary powers; full authority; plenipotentiary; delegate with full powers
championship; title (of champion); championship game; championship tournament
right to keep silent; right to silence; right to remain silent
copyright; publishing rights
discretion; discretionary power
authority; power; function
right of veto
royal authority; regal power; authority of the king
(exercising) the right to command
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
power; influence
hegemony
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
right to speak
right to choose; a say; option
parental authority; parental rights; custody
citizenship; civic rights; civil rights; widespread acceptance; social recognition; common use
sovereignty; supremacy; dominion
strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand
control of the air; air supremacy
autonomy; right of self-government
rights and interests (esp. those a country holds abroad)
priority; preference; preferential right; right of way
right to challenge; right to make a challenge
civil rights
heirship; (claim) the (right of) succession; one's inheritance rights
mining rights
right of management
right to appear (e.g. in Olympics); berth
right to use; (the) use
sovereignty
suffrage; right to vote
divine right (e.g. of kings)
right to investigate; investigatory power
rights to usage of one's likeness
right of access; access permission; access right
powerful family
supreme authority
territorial right; dominion
supervisory authority; regulatory authority; right of management; custodial right
sales rights; distribution rights; marketing rights
supreme command authority (of the emperor)
control; control right
vested rights
judicial power; jurisdiction
military authority
right to life
police powers
right to be seeded; automatic qualification
exclusive right; sole right
appointive power
right to arrest; power of arrest
suffrage; franchise
right of possession
(right of) representation; right to represent (e.g. a company)
right of use; user rights
Movement for Civic Rights and Freedom (Meiji period); Freedom and People's Rights Movement
executive power; authority
right of self defense; right of self defence
fishing rights
right of residence (i.e. right to go on leasing a house, etc.)
jurisdiction
fundamental right; fundamental human right
intellectual property rights; IP rights
patent rights
sovereignty of the people
property rights; right to own property
one's serve; (having) the serve; service
influential vassal; powerful retainer; powerful courtier
right of first night; jus primae noctis; droit du seigneur
authority; power
membership; membership rights; franchise; seat (e.g. stock exchange)
ecclesiastical authority; (church) educational authority; teacher's rights; teacher's authority
mortgage; right of pledge; lien
voting right
trademark rights
the three powers of government (legislative, executive and judicial)
the right to sunshine; in zoning, the right to have sunlight falling on one's building not be obstructed by new buildings
land owner; leaseholder
mining rights; mining concession; mineral rights
right of belligerency
water rights
naming rights
monopoly rights
governmental authority
(right of) permanent residence; permanent residency
legislative power
centralization (e.g. power); centralisation
key money (esp. on an apartment); premium (payment)
power of money; financial influence
civil rights; franchise; citizenship
the same rights; equal rights
right of way
decentralization of authority; decentralisation of authority
civil liberties
lease; leasehold; land-lease rights
(have) jurisdiction over
publishing rights; publication right; right to publish
parliamentary investigation rights
indigenous rights; aboriginal rights
private right
arbitrary use of power
judicial review (e.g. of the constitutionality of a law)
commercial supremacy; commercial rights
translation rights (to a book)
promotional or production rights
agency; (attorney's) authority of representation
right to dissolve (e.g. the Diet)
origin of rights
supreme military power
civil rights
right of pledge
voting rights
social right; economic right
inappropriate means to a worthy end; expediency
executive power; executive authority; power of enforcement; power of compulsory execution
right of or to independence
lease(hold)
authority to dismiss someone (from a position)
broadcasting rights
utility model right; innovation patent right
right to execute (a file); execute permission
right to organize (of workers); right to organise
supremacy; sovereignty
(early Meiji era) democratic rights ideology
ministerial authority to grant permits and approvals
natural right; right under natural law
judicial police powers
right of equality
discretionary power
visitation rights
right of self-determination
special rights; predominant rights
right to collective bargaining
televising right
merchandising right
right to organize and bargain collectively (organise)
liberty of entrance
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
ex-rights
one's birthright
right to strike
National High School Baseball Tournament (held annually in August at Koshien Stadium); Summer Koshien
right to editorial freedom; editing rights
right to lease
right to work
non-smokers' rights; right for nonsmokers to not be exposed to smoking in public space
rights of the head of a family
environment right
right to petition (the government)
master license (recording)
property right to an estate; title
rights of the head of a family
visitation rights; non-custodial parent's right of access
NTT permission-to-procure-a-phone-line
beneficiary right
prospecting rights; mining claim
surface rights (i.e. the right to build a house, etc. on land owned by another); superficies
right to strike
cum rights
share warrant; subscription warrant; call option
right to life
inviolable right
right triumphs over wrong, law triumphs over right, power triumphs over law, heaven triumphs over power; no man can oppose the divine
right triumphs over wrong, law triumphs over right, power triumphs over law, heaven triumphs over power; no man can oppose the divine
the right of innocent passage
lien; right of retention
personal rights
right to prior consideration
common rights
voting rights
right of appeal
rights accruing to the head of a household (according to laws now obsolete)
stockholder's right
maritime authority
design right; right(s) to a design
(movie) distribution rights
right to the pursuit of happiness
right to a view; right to enjoy scenery from one's living space
right to self-determination
security interest; security right; hypothec
(prisoner's) right of private access to a lawyer
distribution rights (to a film, etc.)
perpetual land lease
fishing rights
right of preoccupancy
rights of authorship
fishing-lot rights
husband's marital rights
right of exclusion
right to introduce a bill
a usufructuary right
monopoly; exclusive right (to)
right to tenant farm in perpetuity
(aeronautical) beyond right
oil concession; drilling rights
tenant rights
special drawing rights; SDR
right to a view
the episcopal seat
pre-emptive right (to subscribe for new shares)
public transmission rights (e.g. putting copyrightable material on the web, etc.)
public recitation right (e.g. reciting a poem in a bookstore)
lending rights (for copyrighted works under Japan's copyright law)
right to emit carbon dioxide
expectant right (as opposed to a vested right); contingent right
right to submit a bill to parliament
exclusive-distributorship; exclusive selling right
states' rights theory
droit de suite (artist's right to receive a royalty on resale)
export license, permit
International Covenants on Human Rights; ICCPR; International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; ICESCR
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
authority of prosecution; authority to indict
right of recourse; right for redemption
reproduction right; right of reproduction; right to make copies
right of asylum
digital rights; digitization rights; right to digitize a work
hot spring rights; right to make use of hot spring waters
linguistic rights
dealer's privilege (of being declared a winner in case of a tie)
right of way (e.g. in sailing)
(prisoner's) right of private access to a lawyer
non-transferable personal right; inalienable rights
incorporeal rights; intellectual property rights; right to intangible property
right to use one's name; one's identity
land use right (e.g. for condominium owners); right of site
right of publicity; personality rights
right of publicity; personality rights
honorary citizenship
adaptation rights; derivative rights
occupant (of unclaimed territory)
CO2 emission rights; right to emit greenhouse gases
right to make available for transmission; right to put one's work into transmissable form
International League for Human Rights
American Civil Liberties Union; ACLU
Examples (1 in total)
Her husband also wanted custody of the children.