政権交代
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |||
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政 | 権 | 交 | 代 |
せい Grade: 5 |
けん Grade: 6 |
こう Grade: 2 |
たい Grade: 3 |
kan’on |
Alternative spelling |
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政權交代 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
Compound of 政権 (seiken, “regime, administration”) + 交代 (kōtai, “change, shift, alternation, replacement”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
政権交代 • (seiken kōtai) ←せいけんかうたい (seikenkautai)?
- a change in the political party that holds power
Usage notes edit
In the context of internal Japanese politics, this refers to a regime change between the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and a non-LDP party. The LDP has been the dominant party in Japan, making it an historical event for another party to come into power.
References edit
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN