権限

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 権限 is read as けんげん and is a noun for authority granted by a role or position to decide and carry out an action.
• Basic usage: Authority to decide a change resting with the chair appears in 権限は委員長にある, while authority by staff member appears in 担当者ごとの権限.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Holder marked by に
  • Mark the person or office holding the authority with に, as in 委員長にある.
• Difference from 権利
  • Unlike the broad word for a legal right or entitlement, this term focuses on the scope of decisions and actions permitted by a role.