利権

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
利 権
り
Grade: 4 		けん
Grade: 6
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
利權 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

利(り)権(けん) • (riken) 

  1. concession; interests; share of profit
    彼(かれ)らは石油(せきゆ)利権(りけん)目当(めあ)ての戦争(せんそう)だと非難(ひなん)した。
    Karera wa sekiyu riken meate no sensō da to hinanshita.
    They accused of the war for oil concession.

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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