かいけん

Japanese

Pronunciation 1

  • (Tokyo) いけん [kàíkéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ikẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

かいけん • (kaiken) 

  1. 会見: an interview, an official meeting
  2. 改憲: an amendment to a constitution
  3. 海権: command of the seas, naval power
  4. 開顕: (Buddhism) adherence to the teachings of the Lotus Sutra, as espoused by Tendai Buddhism
  5. 懐剣: (historical) a kind of dagger used by the samurai class, carried in the (futokoro, chest area of a kimono above the (obi, sash) and inside the collar) for self-defense; (modern) a replica dagger as part of certain ceremonial costume; (poetry) working on possible response lines for a 連歌 (renga, linked poem), 俳諧 (haikai, amusing style of waka Japanese poetry), or similar call and response style of performed poetry, prior to a performance; any lines prepared before such a performance
  6. 壊憲: considering the constitution unnecessary; making light of the constitutional interpretation

Verb

かいけんする • (kaiken suru) suru (stem かいけん (kaiken suru shi), past かいけんした (kaiken suru shita))

  1. 改憲: to amend a constitution

Pronunciation 2

  • (Tokyo) いけん [káꜜìkèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ikẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

かいけん • (kaiken) 

  1. 海権: command of the seas, naval power

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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