改憲(かいけん)

かいけん
noun
constitutional revision
formalpoliticslaw
1. constitutional revision; amending the constitution
Changing a country's constitution. In Japan it usually means proposals to revise the postwar constitution, especially Article 9.
改憲(かいけん)に賛成(さんせい)する。
To support constitutional revision.
改憲(かいけん)をめぐって国会(こっかい)で議論(ぎろん)が続(つづ)いている。
Debate over constitutional revision continues in the Diet.
日本(にほん)の憲法(けんぽう)は一度(いちど)も改正(かいせい)されておらず、改憲(かいけん)は長年(ながねん)の政治的(せいじてき)な争点(そうてん)だ。
Japan's constitution has never been amended, and revision has long been a political issue.

Short for 憲法改正(けんぽうかいせい).

Common collocations

  • 改憲派(かいけんは): those in favor of revision
  • 改憲(かいけん)論議(ろんぎ): debate over revision
  • 改憲(かいけん)勢力(せいりょく): pro-revision forces in the Diet

Similar words

  • 護憲(ごけん): defending the constitution against revision (the opposing position)
  • 憲法改正(けんぽうかいせい): the full, neutral term used in law and official language

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Compare: 護憲(ごけん) (defending the constitution)
Related: 憲法(けんぽう) (constitution)
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