JLPT N1 · Noun

衆議院 (shuugiin)

衆議院 (しゅうぎいん, shuugiin) is a Japanese noun meaning “House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: しゅうぎいん
Romaji: shuugiin
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan) · noun

Example sentences

衆議院の少数派の議席は、急速にむしばまれてきています。

The number of minority seats in the Lower House is rapidly eroding.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 衆議院

衆

masses, great numbers, multitudeシュウ・シュ・おお.い · 12 strokes

議

deliberation, consultation, debateギ · 20 strokes

院

Inst., institution, templeイン · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 衆議院.

衆しゅうgreat numbers (of people)公衆こうしゅうthe public観衆かんしゅうspectators群衆ぐんしゅうgroup (of people)大衆たいしゅうgeneral public会議かいぎmeeting会議室かいぎしつconference room議員ぎいんmember of an assembly議会ぎかいcongress議長ぎちょうchair議論ぎろんargument協議きょうぎconference不思議ふしぎwonderful抗議こうぎprotest

Source: JMdict entry 1333260 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.