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How to say 'Assembly member' in Japanese | 議員

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The Japanese word for Assembly member is 'Giin', written as 議員 in Japanese.'Assembly member' in hiragana is ぎいん.

    word

    議員

    Meaning

    Assembly member

    Reading

    ぎいん

    giin

    Kanji

    議Deliberation 員Member

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '議員 (ぎいん)' refers to a member of an assembly, such as a legislative body or council. This term is commonly used to describe elected officials who serve in national, prefectural, or municipal assemblies. For example: The assemblymember proposed a new law「議員が新しい法律を提案した」(ぎいんがあたらしいほうりつをていあんした). She is a member of the city council「彼女は市議会の議員です」(かのじょはしぎかいのぎいんです). The term is neutral and can refer to members of any political party or affiliation.

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N3

    Kanji Grade

    4

    Frequency

    1760

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 議員

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    議

    Meaning

    Deliberation

  • kanji

    員

    Meaning

    Member

Words Related to 議員 Through the Kanji 議

These 12 Words contain the Kanji 議 as well.

  • word

    会議

    Meaning

    Meeting

  • word

    議会

    Meaning

    Parliament

  • word

    協議

    Meaning

    Consultation

  • word

    議長

    Meaning

    Chairperson

  • word

    議題

    Meaning

    Agenda

  • word

    議論

    Meaning

    Discussion

  • word

    参議院

    Meaning

    House of Councilors

  • word

    抗議

    Meaning

    Protest

  • word

    審議

    Meaning

    Deliberation

  • word

    衆議院

    Meaning

    House of Representatives

  • word

    決議

    Meaning

    Resolution

  • word

    不思議

    Meaning

    Mysterious

Words Related to 議員 Through the Kanji 員

These 18 Words contain the Kanji 員 as well.

  • word

    員

    Meaning

    Member

  • word

    駅員

    Meaning

    Station staff

  • word

    委員

    Meaning

    Committee

  • word

    社員

    Meaning

    Employee

  • word

    全員

    Meaning

    Everyone

  • word

    職員

    Meaning

    Staff

  • word

    一員

    Meaning

    Member

  • word

    会員

    Meaning

    Member

  • word

    委員会

    Meaning

    Committee

  • word

    公務員

    Meaning

    Civil servant

  • word

    事務員

    Meaning

    Clerk

  • word

    従業員

    Meaning

    Employee

  • word

    役員

    Meaning

    Executive

  • word

    店員

    Meaning

    Clerk

  • word

    教員

    Meaning

    Teacher

  • word

    満員

    Meaning

    Full, Crowded

  • word

    動員

    Meaning

    Mobilization

  • word

    定員

    Meaning

    Capacity

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