| Word form | menkyo |
| Original script | 免許 |
| LWT meaning(s) | |
| Word meaning | This term refers to a licence of any kind. When referring to a driver’s licence specifically, the official but rarely used term is the official term is untenmenkyoshō “driving permit certificate”. |
| Analyzability | analyzable compound |
| Gloss | men-kyo permit-permit |
| Age | Middle Japanese [21] (1185–1603) |
| Lexical stratum | kango |
| Year | 1197 |
| Comparison with Mandarin | semantic change |
| Register | General |
| Numeric frequency | 59.6 |