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衆議院選挙 (しゅうぎいんせんきょ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

衆しゅう議ぎ院いん選せん挙きょ

Meanings

1

noun

House of Representatives election; lower house election

Refers specifically to the election for Japan's lower house of the Diet. Often abbreviated to 衆院選 in news contexts.

次つぎの衆しゅう議ぎ院いん選せん挙きょは来らい年ねんの秋あきに行おこなわれる予よ定ていだ。
The next House of Representatives election is scheduled for next autumn.
衆しゅう議ぎ院いん選せん挙きょの投とう票ひょう率りつが過か去こ最さい低ていを記き録ろくした。
Voter turnout for the lower house election hit a record low.

Kanji

衆masses, great numbers, multitude
議deliberation, consultation, debate
院Inst., institution, temple
選

elect, select, choose

挙raise, plan, project

Similar words

参さん議ぎ院いん選せん挙きょ
Refers to the House of Councillors election, the upper house of Japan's Diet, while 衆議院選挙 is for the lower house.
衆しゅう院いん選せん
Common abbreviation for 衆議院選挙, used frequently in news headlines and casual political discussion.

Etymology

Compound of 衆議院 (House of Representatives) and 選挙 (election). The term is a straightforward modern political term with no obscure historical derivation.