衆議院
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 衆 | 議 | 院 |
| しゅう Grade: 6 |
ぎ Grade: 4 |
いん Grade: 3 |
| kan'on | on'yomi | kan'yōon |
Etymology
Compound of 衆議 (shūgi, “general consultation, general conference”) + 院 (-in, “parliamentary chamber”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
衆議院 or 衆議院 • (shūgiin or proper) ←しゆうぎゐん (syuugiwin)?[[Category:Japanese Lua error in Module:debug at line 160: Invalid part of speech.
|しゅうきいん]]
- the House of Representatives (lower house of Japan's National Diet)
- 衆議院議員
- Shūgīn gīn
- a Representative; a member of the House of Representatives
- 衆議院議員
Synonyms
- 衆院 (Shūin, abbreviation of 衆議院)
- 下院 (kain, “lower house”)
See also
- 参議院 (Sangīn, “House of Councilors”)
- 上院 (jōin, “upper house”)
- 議会 (gikai, “deliberation assembly: Diet; Parliament; Congress”)
- 国会 (kokkai, “national assembly: Diet; Parliament; Congress”)
References
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 衆 read as しゅう
- Japanese terms spelled with 議 read as ぎ
- Japanese terms spelled with 院 read as いん
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese terms suffixed with 院
- Japanese terms historically spelled with ゐ
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with three Han script characters
- Japanese terms with usage examples
- ja:Government
- ja:Japan
- Japanese words suffixed with 院