王位

おうい
the throne
the crown

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おうい【王位】

*throne

〖C〗王座， 王位；教皇聖座， 司教座

come to ［accede to， ascend， mount］ the throne 王［女王］になる， 王位につく

He was (the) heir to the throne. 彼は王位継承者であった

succeed to the throne 王位を継承する

He is first in succession to the throne. 王位継承順位は彼が第1位である

*crown

〖C〗王冠；［通例 the C～］ 王， 女王；王権；王位.

▲a queen in her own right (結婚によらず)生得権で王位を継承した女王

regal office 王位.

◇～につかせる［つける］

*crown

|他|…に王冠を載せる， …を王［女王］にする

crown him king 彼を王位につける

*throne

|自|王位につく.

|他|《文》…を王位につかせる

enthrone

|他|《正式》(人)を王位につかせる.

◇ → 王位の

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おうい【王位】

the throne; the crown; kingship; queenship.

●王位に就く accede to the throne; ascend [come to, mount] the throne; become [be crowned] king [queen]

・王位に就かせる set sb on the throne; throne sb; crown sb

・彼は 20 年間王位にあった. He was king [was on the throne, reigned] for twenty years.

・彼は王位にあるうちに自分の壮大な墓を作らせた. During his reign [While he was on the throne] he built himself a magnificent tomb.

・エリザベス 1 世は姉を継いでイングランドの王位に登った. Elizabeth I succeeded her sister to the throne of England [English crown].

●王位を継ぐ succeed to the throne [crown]

・彼は王位を継ぐ序列では第 4 位にある. He is fourth in succession (to the throne) [the line of succession].

・年老いた国王は息子に王位を譲った. The aged king abdicated in favor of [made over the throne to] his son.

・王位を放棄する abdicate; lay down one's crown

・王位を失う forfeit [lose] one's crown

・王位を争う fight for the crown; 《文》 contend for the throne

・王位を奪う usurp the throne

・彼は伯父から王位を奪った. He usurped his uncle's throne. | He made himself king in place of his uncle.

王位継承 succession [succeeding] to the throne.

王位継承権 the right to the succession (to the throne); the right of succession; succession rights.