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): [se̞ːkẽ̞ŋ 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)?

  1. 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
  1. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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