also: きんバッチ
gold badge (esp. Diet member's badge)
Refers to the gold-colored badge worn by members of the Japanese Diet (parliament). Also used more generally for any gold badge, but the political connotation is strong.
Diet members wear a gold badge on their suit lapel.
That person with the gold badge is a famous politician.
Standard spelling.
Irregular kana variant; sometimes used colloquially.
Compound of 金 (kin, 'gold') and バッジ (bajji, 'badge'), a loanword from English.