選択権

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 選択権 (せんたくけん) is a compound noun for the right or authority to choose among alternatives.
• Basic usage: 担当者にも選択権がある includes frontline staff among those with authority, while 本人の選択権を尊重する protects the individual’s autonomous decision.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Possessing authority and respecting it
  • 選択権がある states decision-making capacity, whereas 選択権を尊重する concerns another party not interfering with it. The chosen result is not the right itself.