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”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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

1. 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”)