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): [ɕɨːɡʲiĩɴ]

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”)

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
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN