拒否権

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: Written 拒否権 and read きょひけん, it is a formal power to block a decision or proposal from taking effect.
• Basic usage: It appears when a chair exercises that power and when a proposal would grant it to only one person.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• More than expressing opposition
  • A veto is an authorized power with the effect of stopping a decision, not merely a statement of disagreement.