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庶民院 (しょみんいん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

庶しょ民みん院いん

Meanings

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noun

House of Commons

Refers specifically to the lower house of parliament in the UK and Canada.

イギリスの庶しょ民みん院いんは、選せん挙きょで選えらばれた議ぎ員いんで構こう成せいされる。
The UK House of Commons is composed of elected members.

Kanji

庶commoner, all, bastard
民people, nation, subjects
院Inst., institution, temple

Similar words

貴き族ぞく院いん
貴族院 is the House of Lords (UK) or the former House of Peers (Japan), the upper house, while 庶民院 is the lower house.

Etymology

Compound of 庶民 (common people) and 院 (institution, house), directly translating the concept of a house representing commoners.