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権けん威い
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Meanings
Noun
1. authority; power; influence; prestige
2. (an) authority (on); expert
Kanji used
権right (to do something)威terrifying authority
Pitch accent
けんい
Used in vocabulary
権けん威い主しゅ義ぎ
authoritarianism
Noun
権けん威い的てき
authoritarian
Na-adjective
権けん威い者しゃ
an authority
Noun
権けん威い筋すじ
authoritative sources
Noun
権けん威い主しゅ義ぎ政せい府ふ
authoritarian government
Noun
Examples20
That professor is an authority on Shakespeare.
The students revolted against authority.
The architect boasted that he had received a prestigious award.
He is an authority on the humanities.
For the boy, his father represented authority.
My brother's an authority on philosophy.