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衆院議員 (しゅういんぎいん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

衆しゅう院いん議ぎ員いん

Meanings

1

noun

member of the House of Representatives; lower house member

Refers specifically to a member of the 衆議院 (House of Representatives), the lower house of Japan's National Diet.

彼かれは衆しゅう院いん議ぎ員いんに当とう選せんした。
He was elected as a member of the House of Representatives.
衆しゅう院いん議ぎ員いんの任にん期きは4年よねんだが、解かい散さんがあればその前まえに終おわる。
The term of a lower house member is four years, but it ends earlier if the house is dissolved.

Kanji

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

employee, member, number

Similar words

参さん院いん議ぎ員いん
Refers to a member of the 参議院 (House of Councillors), the upper house of the Diet, as opposed to the lower house.
国こっ会かい議ぎ員いん
A general term for any member of the National Diet, encompassing both lower and upper house members.

Etymology

Compound of 衆院 (shūin, abbreviation of 衆議院 'House of Representatives') and 議員 (giin, 'member of an assembly').