拒否権

拒否権

See also: 拒否權

Japanese

Kanji in this term
拒	否	権
きょ Grade: S	ひ Grade: 6	けん Grade: 6
kan’on

Alternative spelling
拒否權 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 拒(きょ)否(ひ) (kyohi, “denial”) + 権(けん) (-ken, “right”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きょひ​けん [kyòhíꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
• (Tokyo) きょひけ​ん [kyòhíkéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞çikẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

拒(きょ)否(ひ)権(けん) • (kyohiken) ^{←きよひけん (kyofiken)?}

1. veto (the right to disapprove the process of a decision)

   中(ちゅう)ロは拒(きょ)否(ひ)権(けん)を行(こう)使(し)した。

   Chū-Ro wa kyohiken o kōshi shita.

   Russia and China vetoed the resolution.

References

1. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN