政権

せいけん · seiken · JLPT N1 · noun

administration

🏛️ 政 (government/politics) + 権 (power/authority) = the power to run the state

政 means government or politics, and 権 means power or authority. Together they name the power to run the state. Read it as 'government + power' to recall the sense of administration.

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