Meaning

Primary

Women's Rights

Alternative

Woman's Rights

Word Type

noun

Explanation

A woman's rights consist of women's rights.

This is a formal word that is often used at the beginning of compounds, such as 女権拡張運動 (movement for the expansion of women's rights). In everyday conversations, you can just say 女性の権利 to talk about women’s rights.

Reading

じょけん
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Context Sentences

遠い昔、日本は女権社会でした。

Long ago, Japanese women had more rights than men did.

ツイッターのアカウント名にエビの絵文字がついている人は、フェミニスト(女権主義者)です。

People whose Twitter account names have a shrimp emoji are feminists.

西洋と違い、日本では歴史上、大きな女権拡張運動は起きていない。

Unlike the West, Japan does not have a history of strong women’s rights movements.

Kanji Composition