sovereignty

主権

他国の支配を受けず、自国を治める権利と力。

やさしい英語で： A country’s right and power to govern itself without control from another country.

• The treaty protects our sovereignty.
• Several countries questioned the island’s sovereignty.
• They fought to preserve national sovereignty.

使い方： sovereignty over something (The country claims sovereignty over these islands.)

類義語： independence, self-government

よく使う表現： national sovereignty, protect sovereignty, sovereignty over territory

統治権

支配者が国や人々を治めるために持つ絶対的な権力。

やさしい英語で： A ruler’s complete power to control a country or its people.

• The king claimed absolute sovereignty.
• The queen’s sovereignty extended across the kingdom.
• Parliament challenged the monarch’s sovereignty.

使い方： sovereignty over someone/something (The ruler asserted sovereignty over all his subjects.)

類義語： supreme authority, dominion

よく使う表現： royal sovereignty, absolute sovereignty, sovereignty over subjects