権利

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 権利 is a noun read けんり, meaning a right or entitlement to act or receive a benefit under law or a social principle.
• Basic usage: Use 意見を述べる権利がある for the right to state an opinion and 利用者の権利と責任 for users' documented rights and responsibilities.
  • 誰にも自分の意見を述べる権利があります。 says that everyone has the right to express their own opinion; 契約書には利用者の権利と責任が記されています。 says that the contract records users' rights and responsibilities.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 誰にも権利がある
  • In this affirmative sentence, 誰にも means that the right belongs to everyone rather than only certain people.
• 意見を述べる権利
  • The preceding verb phrase specifies the action to which the right applies.
• 権利と責任
  • と links rights and responsibilities as parallel items stated in the contract.