既得権(きとくけん)

きとくけん
noun
vested rights; established privileges
formalpoliticssociety
1. vested rights; vested interests; established privileges
Rights or advantages that a person or group already holds and is unwilling to give up. In news and politics it usually carries criticism: privileges that block reform.
既得権(きとくけん)を守(まも)る。
To protect vested interests.
改革(かいかく)は業界(ぎょうかい)の既得権(きとくけん)とぶつかった。
The reform ran up against the industry's established privileges.
新(あたら)しい会社(かいしゃ)が市場(しじょう)に入(はい)れないのは、既得権益(きとくけんえき)を持(も)つ団体(だんたい)が反対(はんたい)しているからだ。
New companies can't enter the market because groups with vested interests are opposing it.

Common collocations

Etymology

既得(きとく) (already obtained) + 権(けん) (right).

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Added 2026.10.17 22:41 · Revised 2026.10.17 22:45
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