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廃案 (はいあん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Meanings 1
noun
rejected bill ; scrapped proposal ; abandoned project
A political or administrative term for a bill, proposal, or project being rejected, abandoned, or left to expire. Common in patterns such as 廃案になる and 廃案にする.
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The committee abandoned the problem-ridden plan.
Kanji 廃 abolish, obsolete, cessation Similar words 法ほう 案あん 法案 is a bill or draft law itself; 廃案 is a bill or proposal after it has been rejected, abandoned, or allowed to lapse.
否ひ 決けつ 否決 specifically means voting something down; 廃案 can result from a negative vote but can also mean a proposal was dropped or expired without enactment.
可か 決けつ 可決 means passage or approval of a bill or motion, the opposite outcome from 廃案.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound of 廃, associated with abolishing or discontinuing, and 案, meaning a proposal, plan, or bill. The compound denotes a proposal or bill that is discontinued, rejected, or abandoned.
