衆議院

See also: 眾議院 and 众议院

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

(Tokyo) しゅうぎいん [shùúgíꜜìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝːɡʲiĩɴ]

Proper noun

衆(しゅう)議(ぎ)院(いん) • (Shūgiin) ^{←しゆうぎゐん (syuugiwin)^?}

the House of Representatives (lower house of Japan's National Diet)
衆(しゅう)議(ぎ)院(いん)議(ぎ)員(いん)
Shūgīn gīn
a Representative; a member of the House of Representatives

Synonyms

衆院(しゅういん) (Shūin, abbreviation of 衆議院)
下(か)院(いん) (kain, “lower house”)

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See also

参(さん)議(ぎ)院(いん) (Sangīn, “House of Councillors”)
上(じょう)院(いん) (jōin, “upper house”)
議(ぎ)会(かい) (gikai, “deliberation assembly: Diet; Parliament; Congress”)
国(こっ)会(かい) (kokkai, “national assembly: Diet; Parliament; Congress”)

References

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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