How to say "House of Representatives" in Japanese

If you are wondering what's the Japanese word for "House of Representatives" you've come to the right place!

the Japanese word for "House of Representatives" is "Shuugiin", written in japanese as "衆議院".

Here's a more detailed explanation:

The '衆議院 (しゅうぎいん)' is the lower house of the National Diet of Japan, the country's bicameral legislature. It is the primary law-making body, with the upper house being the House of Councillors. The House of Representatives has 465 members who are elected to 4-year terms. Some example sentences: The House of Representatives passed the new bill - (衆議院は新しい法案を可決した). He was elected to the House of Representatives - (彼は衆議院議員に選出された).

The Kanji are characters that represent meanings. As you can see, this word is made up of 3 Kanji:

The kanji "衆" means "Multitude" and can be read as "Shu" and "Shuu". The kanji "議" means "Deliberation" and can be read as "Gi". And The kanji "院" means "Institution" and can be read as "In".

Now, let's make sure you understand this word the other way around too.

What does "Shuugiin" mean in japanese?

"Shuugiin" means "House of Representatives".

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How to write "House of Representatives" in Japanese

To make really sure you learn this word, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this word and of the characters that comprise it.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "し" is read as "shi". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "ぎ" is read as "gi". The hiragana "い" is read as "i". And The hiragana "ん" is read as "n".

About kanji, you need to know that most Kanji have two types of readings: Kunyomi, based on native japanese pronunciation. And onyomi, based on chinese pronunciation.

You are finally ready for your free japanese Lesson.

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.