簒
簒: usurp
usurp; seize
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サン・セン
Kunうばう
Almost only in 簒奪 (さんだつ, usurpation), seizing a throne or power by force.
Key words
簒奪さんだつusurpation
Example sentences
将軍の死後、家臣が権力を簒奪しようと企てた。
After the shogun's death, a retainer plotted to usurp power.
王位の簒奪を図った宰相は、反逆者として捕らえられた。
The chancellor who attempted to usurp the throne was captured as a traitor.
王位は、野心を抱く弟に簒奪された。
The throne was usurped by his ambitious younger brother.