How to say 'House of Representatives' in Japanese | 衆議院

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The Japanese word for House of Representatives is 'Shuugiin', written as 衆議院 in Japanese.'House of Representatives' in hiragana is しゅうぎいん.

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衆議院

Meaning

House of Representatives

Reading

しゅうぎいん

shuugiin

Kanji

衆Multitude 議Deliberation 院Institution

Explanation

The Japanese noun '衆議院 (しゅうぎいん)' refers to the 'House of Representatives', which is the lower house of Japan's bicameral parliament, the National Diet. It is one of the two legislative chambers, the other being the House of Councilors (参議院, さんぎいん). The House of Representatives holds significant power, including the ability to override decisions made by the House of Councillors in certain situations. For example: The bill was passed by the House of Representatives「その法案は衆議院で可決された」(そのほうあんはしゅうぎいんでかけつされた). Members of the House of Representatives are elected by the public「衆議院議員は国民によって選ばれる」(しゅうぎいんぎいんはこくみんによってえらばれる).

Part Of Speech

noun

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Frequency

4907

Composition

kanji

Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 衆議院

This word contains 3 kanji characters:

kanji

衆

Meaning

Multitude

kanji

議

Meaning

Deliberation

kanji

院

Meaning

Institution

Words Related to 衆議院 Through the Kanji 衆

These 7 Words contain the Kanji 衆 as well.

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民衆

Meaning

Masses

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大衆

Meaning

Masses

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公衆

Meaning

Public

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観衆

Meaning

Crowd

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群衆

Meaning

Crowd

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衆

Meaning

Crowd

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合衆

Meaning

Federation

Words Related to 衆議院 Through the Kanji 議

These 12 Words contain the Kanji 議 as well.

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会議

Meaning

Meeting

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議員

Meaning

Assembly member

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議会

Meaning

Parliament

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協議

Meaning

Consultation

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議長

Meaning

Chairperson

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議題

Meaning

Agenda

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議論

Meaning

Discussion

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参議院

Meaning

House of Councilors

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抗議

Meaning

Protest

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審議

Meaning

Deliberation

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決議

Meaning

Resolution

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不思議

Meaning

Mysterious

Words Related to 衆議院 Through the Kanji 院

These 9 Words contain the Kanji 院 as well.

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病院

Meaning

Hospital

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院

Meaning

Institution

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入院

Meaning

Hospitalization

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大学院

Meaning

Graduate school

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退院

Meaning

Discharge

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美容院

Meaning

Beauty salon

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参議院

Meaning

House of Councilors

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寺院

Meaning

Temple

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院長

Meaning

Director

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