政権

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The political noun 政権 (せいけん) denotes governing power or the administration or regime that holds it.
• Basic usage: It can identify 新しい政権 or form 政権の交代 for a change in the governing administration.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Governing power and administration
  • It refers to governing power and those exercising it rather than to a political party itself.