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大權菩薩


大权菩萨

see styles
dà quán pú sà
    da4 quan2 pu2 sa4
ta ch`üan p`u sa
    ta chüan pu sa
 Daigon Bosatsu
Bodhisattva Correcting with Great Authority

委任契約

see styles
 ininkeiyaku / ininkeyaku
    いにんけいやく
{law} delegation contract; mandate agreement; contract delegating legal authority (e.g. to a guardian)

威尊命賤


威尊命贱

see styles
wēi zūn mìng jiàn
    wei1 zun1 ming4 jian4
wei tsun ming chien
(idiom) the dignity of authority is above life; one must be willing to sacrifice one's life rather than disobey a military order

定於一尊


定于一尊

see styles
dìng yú yī zūn
    ding4 yu2 yi1 zun1
ting yü i tsun
(idiom) to rely on a single authority to determine what is correct; to regard a source (or entity or individual) as the ultimate authority

専断横行

see styles
 sendanoukou / sendanoko
    せんだんおうこう
prevalence of arbitrariness; rife with arbitrary decisions (acting on one's own authority)

嵩に着る

see styles
 kasanikiru
    かさにきる
(irregular kanji usage) (exp,v1) to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it

幅を取る

see styles
 habaotoru
    はばをとる
(exp,v5r) (1) to take up a lot of space; (exp,v5r) (2) to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority

引阿笈摩

see styles
yǐn ā jí mó
    yin3 a1 ji2 mo2
yin a chi mo
 in akyūma
citing scriptural authority

悍然不顧


悍然不顾

see styles
hàn rán bù gù
    han4 ran2 bu4 gu4
han jan pu ku
outrageous and unconventional (idiom); flying in the face of (authority, convention, public opinion etc)

招搖撞騙


招摇撞骗

see styles
zhāo yáo zhuàng piàn
    zhao1 yao2 zhuang4 pian4
chao yao chuang p`ien
    chao yao chuang pien
(idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority

振り翳す

see styles
 furikazasu
    ふりかざす
(transitive verb) (1) to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; (2) to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles

捜査当局

see styles
 sousatoukyoku / sosatokyoku
    そうさとうきょく
investigating authorities; law enforcement authority

授權範圍


授权范围

see styles
shòu quán fàn wéi
    shou4 quan2 fan4 wei2
shou ch`üan fan wei
    shou chüan fan wei
scope of authority; mandate

改善命令

see styles
 kaizenmeirei / kaizenmere
    かいぜんめいれい
{law} orders for improvement (from an authority to a business operator in its jurisdiction)

最終権限

see styles
 saishuukengen / saishukengen
    さいしゅうけんげん
final authority

有權勢者


有权势者

see styles
yǒu quán shì zhě
    you3 quan2 shi4 zhe3
yu ch`üan shih che
    yu chüan shih che
person in power; the one with authority; the guy in charge

権限内に

see styles
 kengennaini
    けんげんないに
(adverb) within the scope of authority

権限委譲

see styles
 kengenijou / kengenijo
    けんげんいじょう
(n,vs,vi) devolution; delegation of authority; transfer of power

泰山北斗

see styles
tài shān běi dǒu
    tai4 shan1 bei3 dou3
t`ai shan pei tou
    tai shan pei tou
 taizanhokuto
    たいざんほくと
lit. Mount Tai and the Big Dipper (idiom); fig. an outstanding figure in one's field
(yoji) (from The New Book of Tang) great authority; eminent person; luminary; Mount Tai and the Big Dipper

港湾管理

see styles
 kouwankanri / kowankanri
    こうわんかんり
port authority; port administration

牝雞司晨


牝鸡司晨

see styles
pìn jī sī chén
    pin4 ji1 si1 chen2
p`in chi ssu ch`en
    pin chi ssu chen
female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority; women meddle in politics; The female wears the trousers.

牝雞牡鳴


牝鸡牡鸣

see styles
pìn jī mǔ míng
    pin4 ji1 mu3 ming2
p`in chi mu ming
    pin chi mu ming
female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority; women meddle in politics; The female wears the trousers.

特定空家

see styles
 tokuteiakiya / tokuteakiya
    とくていあきや
{law} specially designated vacant house; vacant house that has been declared dangerous or dilapidated by the local authority and may be subject to higher taxes, fines or demolition

独断専行

see styles
 dokudansenkou / dokudansenko
    どくだんせんこう
(n,vs,vi) (yoji) acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation

発行官庁

see styles
 hakkoukanchou / hakkokancho
    はっこうかんちょう
issuing authority

発行機関

see styles
 hakkoukikan / hakkokikan
    はっこうきかん
issuing authority

白紙委任

see styles
 hakushiinin / hakushinin
    はくしいにん
(noun/participle) (yoji) carte blanche; blank check; blank cheque; unconditional authority

監督官庁

see styles
 kantokukanchou / kantokukancho
    かんとくかんちょう
competent authorities; supervisory authority

神通威力

see styles
shén tōng wēi lì
    shen2 tong1 wei1 li4
shen t`ung wei li
    shen tung wei li
 jinzū iriki
authority or might based on supernatural powers

笠に着る

see styles
 kasanikiru
    かさにきる
(exp,v1) to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it

管海官庁

see styles
 kankaikanchou / kankaikancho
    かんかいかんちょう
maritime authority; marine office

管理機関

see styles
 kanrikikan
    かんりきかん
{comp} administrative authority

絶対権力

see styles
 zettaikenryoku
    ぜったいけんりょく
absolute authority or power (over someone or something)

職権乱用

see styles
 shokkenranyou / shokkenranyo
    しょっけんらんよう
(yoji) abuse of (one's) authority

行政機關


行政机关

see styles
xíng zhèng jī guān
    xing2 zheng4 ji1 guan1
hsing cheng chi kuan
administrative authority; branch of government

表見代理

see styles
 hyoukendairi / hyokendairi
    ひょうけんだいり
apparent authority

許認可権

see styles
 kyoninkaken
    きょにんかけん
ministerial authority to grant permits and approvals

証明機関

see styles
 shoumeikikan / shomekikan
    しょうめいきかん
{comp} certification authority

議長職権

see styles
 gichoushokken / gichoshokken
    ぎちょうしょっけん
authority of the chair; power of the office of Speaker; power of the office of the President (of the House of Councillors)

越権行為

see styles
 ekkenkoui / ekkenkoi
    えっけんこうい
(yoji) exceeding one's authority; abusing one's legal authority; ultra vires activities

鶴の一声

see styles
 tsurunohitokoe
    つるのひとこえ
(exp,n) (idiom) final word; voice of authority; authoritative pronouncement

UNTAC

see styles
 antakku
    アンタック
(org) UNTAC; United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia; (o) UNTAC; United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia

アンタック

see styles
 antakku
    アンタック
(org) UNTAC; United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia; (o) UNTAC; United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia

かさに着る

see styles
 kasanikiru
    かさにきる
(exp,v1) to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it

二十五圓通


二十五圆通

see styles
èr shí wǔ yuán tōng
    er4 shi2 wu3 yuan2 tong1
erh shih wu yüan t`ung
    erh shih wu yüan tung
 nijūgo enzū
The twenty-five kinds of perfect understanding of the truth; they refer to the 六塵, 六根, 六識, and 七大; disciples of the Buddha are said each to have acquired a special knowledge of one of these twenty-five and to have been recognized as its authority, e. g. Guanyin of the ear, Dignāga of sound, etc.

Variations:
僭用
僣用

 senyou / senyo
    せんよう
(noun/participle) exceeding one's authority to use something

営団地下鉄

see styles
 eidanchikatetsu / edanchikatetsu
    えいだんちかてつ
Teito Rapid Transit Authority subway; Eidan subway

国土地理院

see styles
 kokudochiriin / kokudochirin
    こくどちりいん
(org) Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (2010-); Geographical Survey Institute (1949-2010); (o) Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (2010-); Geographical Survey Institute (1949-2010)

地方自治体

see styles
 chihoujichitai / chihojichitai
    ちほうじちたい
local authority; local government; locality; local self-governing body; municipality

威を振るう

see styles
 iofuruu / iofuru
    いをふるう
(exp,v5u) to exercise authority

Variations:
専断
擅断

 sendan
    せんだん
(n,vs,adj-na,adj-no) arbitrary decision; on one's own authority; arbitrariness

Variations:
御用
ご用

 goyou / goyo
    ごよう
(1) (honorific or respectful language) (your) business; (your) concern; (your) need; (2) (honorific or respectful language) (customer's) order; (3) official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); (4) arrest; capture; (can act as adjective) (5) (See 御用新聞) subservient to an authority (esp. the government); pro-government

拠りどころ

see styles
 yoridokoro
    よりどころ
(1) (kana only) grounds; foundation; authority; (2) (kana only) support; prop; something upon which to rely

振りかざす

see styles
 furikazasu
    ふりかざす
(transitive verb) (1) to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; (2) to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles

振り翳ざす

see styles
 furikazasu
    ふりかざす
(transitive verb) (1) to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; (2) to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles

政府観光庁

see styles
 seifukankouchou / sefukankocho
    せいふかんこうちょう
(org) Tourist Authority (UK); (o) Tourist Authority (UK)

最高権力者

see styles
 saikoukenryokusha / saikokenryokusha
    さいこうけんりょくしゃ
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power

産業開発庁

see styles
 sangyoukaihatsuchou / sangyokaihatsucho
    さんぎょうかいはつちょう
(org) Industrial Development Authority; (o) Industrial Development Authority

睨みがきく

see styles
 niramigakiku
    にらみがきく
(exp,v5k) (obscure) to have authority (over)

睨みが利く

see styles
 niramigakiku
    にらみがきく
(exp,v5k) (obscure) to have authority (over)

経済開発庁

see styles
 keizaikaihatsuchou / kezaikaihatsucho
    けいざいかいはつちょう
(org) National Economic and Development Authority; (o) National Economic and Development Authority

Variations:
蟠踞
盤踞

 bankyo
    ばんきょ
(n,vs,vi) (1) becoming firmly established; putting down strong roots; (n,vs,vi) (2) exercising authority; being dominant; holding sway; (n,vs,vi) (3) (orig. meaning) settling in a coiled shape

証明権限者

see styles
 shoumeikengensha / shomekengensha
    しょうめいけんげんしゃ
certifying authority

軍事当局者

see styles
 gunjitoukyokusha / gunjitokyokusha
    ぐんじとうきょくしゃ
military authority

風を吹かす

see styles
 kazeofukasu
    かぜをふかす
(exp,v5s) (after noun) (See 先輩風を吹かす) to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun)

オーソリティ

see styles
 oosoriti
    オーソリティ
authority

オオトリテエ

see styles
 ootoritee
    オオトリテエ
(out-dated or obsolete kana usage) authority

住民監査請求

see styles
 juuminkansaseikyuu / juminkansasekyu
    じゅうみんかんさせいきゅう
resident audit request to local government authority

勢いを振るう

see styles
 ikioiofuruu / ikioiofuru
    いきおいをふるう
(exp,v5u) to wield power; to exercise authority

大權修利菩薩


大权修利菩萨

see styles
dà quán xiū lì pú sà
    da4 quan2 xiu1 li4 pu2 sa4
ta ch`üan hsiu li p`u sa
    ta chüan hsiu li pu sa
 Daigon Shuri Bosatsu
A bodhisattva―protector of monasteries, depicted as shading his eyes with his hand and looking afar, said to have been a Warden of the Coast under the emperor Aśoka.

大權修理菩薩


大权修理菩萨

see styles
dà quán xiū lǐ pú sà
    da4 quan2 xiu1 li3 pu2 sa4
ta ch`üan hsiu li p`u sa
    ta chüan hsiu li pu sa
 Daigen Shuri Bosatsu
Bodhisattva Correcting with Great Authority

如來佛的掌心


如来佛的掌心

see styles
rú lái fó de zhǎng xīn
    ru2 lai2 fo2 de5 zhang3 xin1
ju lai fo te chang hsin
the palm of the Buddha's hand (a metaphor for a higher authority or force from whose control one cannot break free, from 西遊記|西游记[Xi1you2ji4], "Journey to the West")

巾を利かせる

see styles
 habaokikaseru
    はばをきかせる
(exp,v1) to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt

幅を利かせる

see styles
 habaokikaseru
    はばをきかせる
(exp,v1) to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt

物を言わせる

see styles
 monooiwaseru
    ものをいわせる
(exp,v1) to make full use of (skill, experience, authority, etc.); to take full advantage of (something); to rely on

親風を吹かす

see styles
 oyakazeofukasu
    おやかぜをふかす
(exp,v5s) to exercise parental authority

オーソリティー

see styles
 oosoritii / oosoriti
    オーソリティー
authority

ものを言わせる

see styles
 monooiwaseru
    ものをいわせる
(exp,v1) to make full use of (skill, experience, authority, etc.); to take full advantage of (something); to rely on

一手販売代理権

see styles
 ittehanbaidairiken
    いってはんばいだいりけん
(rare) sole agency authority

不怕官,只怕管

bù pà guān , zhǐ pà guǎn
    bu4 pa4 guan1 , zhi3 pa4 guan3
pu p`a kuan , chih p`a kuan
    pu pa kuan , chih pa kuan
lit. it is not an official to be feared, but a person in direct control over sb (proverb); fig. to be obliged to comply with people in authority

拿著雞毛當令箭


拿着鸡毛当令箭

see styles
ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn
    na2 zhe5 ji1 mao2 dang4 ling4 jian4
na che chi mao tang ling chien
to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext

睨みを利かせる

see styles
 niramiokikaseru
    にらみをきかせる
(exp,v1) (1) to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); (2) to glare; to scowl at; to glower at

美國聯邦航空局


美国联邦航空局

see styles
měi guó lián bāng háng kōng jú
    mei3 guo2 lian2 bang1 hang2 kong1 ju2
mei kuo lien pang hang k`ung chü
    mei kuo lien pang hang kung chü
Federal Aviation Authority (FAA)

虎の威を借る狐

see styles
 toranoiokarukitsune
    とらのいをかるきつね
(expression) (idiom) person who swaggers about under borrowed authority; small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority; a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger

頭があがらない

see styles
 atamagaagaranai / atamagagaranai
    あたまがあがらない
(exp,adj-i) to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with

頭が上がらない

see styles
 atamagaagaranai / atamagagaranai
    あたまがあがらない
(exp,adj-i) to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with

香港金融管理局

see styles
xiāng gǎng jīn róng guǎn lǐ jú
    xiang1 gang3 jin1 rong2 guan3 li3 ju2
hsiang kang chin jung kuan li chü
Hong Kong Monetary Authority

にらみを利かせる

see styles
 niramiokikaseru
    にらみをきかせる
(exp,v1) (1) to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); (2) to glare; to scowl at; to glower at

典拠コントロール

see styles
 tenkyokontorooru
    てんきょコントロール
authority control (e.g. in library cataloging)

原子力規制委員会

see styles
 genshiryokukiseiiinkai / genshiryokukiseinkai
    げんしりょくきせいいいんかい
(org) Nuclear Regulation Authority; NRA; (o) Nuclear Regulation Authority; NRA

Variations:
威力
偉力

 iryoku
    いりょく
power; might; authority; influence

Variations:
押し
圧し

 oshi
    おし
(1) push; pushing; (2) weight; pressure; (3) authority; forcefulness; boldness; audacity; persistence; (prefix) (4) (押し only) (before a verb) to forcibly ...; to strongly ...

欧州銀行監督機構

see styles
 oushuuginkoukantokukikou / oshuginkokantokukiko
    おうしゅうぎんこうかんとくきこう
(o) European Banking Authority; EBA

食物及藥品管理局


食物及药品管理局

see styles
shí wù jí yào pǐn guǎn lǐ jú
    shi2 wu4 ji2 yao4 pin3 guan3 li3 ju2
shih wu chi yao p`in kuan li chü
    shih wu chi yao pin kuan li chü
US Food and Drug Administration authority (FDA)

パレスチナ自治政府

see styles
 paresuchinajichiseifu / paresuchinajichisefu
    パレスチナじちせいふ
(org) Palestinian Authority; Palestinian National Authority; (o) Palestinian Authority; Palestinian National Authority

原子力応用開発機関

see styles
 genshiryokuouyoukaihatsukikan / genshiryokuoyokaihatsukikan
    げんしりょくおうようかいはつきかん
(o) Atomic Development Authority

Variations:
専断
擅断(rK)

 sendan
    せんだん
(n,vs,vt,adj-na,adj-no) arbitrary decision; using one's own discretion; acting on one's own authority

新東京国際空港公団

see styles
 shintoukyoukokusaikuukoukoudan / shintokyokokusaikukokodan
    しんとうきょうこくさいくうこうこうだん
(org) New Tokyo International Airport Authority; (o) New Tokyo International Airport Authority

本州四国連絡橋公団

see styles
 honshuushikokurenrakukyoukoudan / honshushikokurenrakukyokodan
    ほんしゅうしこくれんらくきょうこうだん
(org) Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority; HSBA; (o) Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority; HSBA

Variations:
職権乱用
職権濫用

 shokkenranyou / shokkenranyo
    しょっけんらんよう
(yoji) abuse of authority; abuse of public office; misfeasance

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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