政権交代

Japanese

Kanji in this term
政	権	交	代
せい Grade: 5	けん Grade: 6	こう Grade: 2	たい Grade: 3
kan'on

Alternative spelling
政權交代 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 政権 (seiken, “regime, administration”) +‎ 交代 (kōtai, “change, shift, alternation, replacement”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [se̞ːke̞ŋ ko̞ːta̠i]

Noun

政(せい)権(けん)交(こう)代(たい) • (seiken kōtai) ^{←せいけんかうたい (seikenkautai)^?}

a change in the political party that holds power

Usage notes

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

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJS-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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