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けんい
Meanings
Noun
1. authority; power; influence; prestige
They were trying to maintain that authority.
2. (an) authority (on); expert
Apparently he's an authority on that operation.
Alt. forms
権けん威い
99%
けんい
Pitch accent
け
んい
Used in: 7
Composed of
right (to do something); authority; power
power; authority; might; influence; dignity; majesty
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
an authority
authoritarianism
authoritarian
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Examples (24 in total)
He is a great authority on economics.
He is an authority on criminal law.
It also carries a certain amount of authority.
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