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. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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