採さい決けつ

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採決する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	採さい決けつする	採さい決けつしない
Polite	採さい決けつします	採さい決けつしません
Past polite	採さい決けつしました	採さい決けつしませんでした
Past	採さい決けつした	採さい決けつしなかった
Te-form	採さい決けつして	採さい決けつしないで
Desire	採さい決けつしたい	採さい決けつしたくない
Potential	採さい決けつできる	採さい決けつできない
Passive	採さい決けつされる	採さい決けつされない
Causative	採さい決けつさせる	採さい決けつさせない
Causative passive	採さい決けつさせられる	採さい決けつさせられない
Volitional	採さい決けつしよう
Polite volitional	採さい決けつしましょう
Imperative	採さい決けつしろ	採さい決けつするな
Conditional	採さい決けつすれば	採さい決けつしなければ
Tara conditional	採さい決けつしたら	採さい決けつしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

vote; ballot; division

Refers to the formal act of taking a vote, especially in meetings, committees, or legislative bodies. Often used in the pattern 採決を取る or 採決を行う.

議ぎ長ちょうが採さい決けつを取とった。
The chairperson took a vote.
その法ほう案あんは採さい決けつの結けっ果か、可か決けつされた。
The bill was passed as a result of the vote.

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Usage patterns

採さい決けつを取とるto take a vote
委い員いん会かいは法ほう案あんの採さい決けつを取とった。
The committee took a vote on the bill.
採さい決けつを行おこなうto conduct a vote
議ぎ長ちょうは本ほん会かい議ぎで採さい決けつを行おこなった。
The chairman conducted a vote at the plenary session.
〈事こと〉を採さい決けつにかけるto put something to a vote
その議ぎ案あんを採さい決けつにかけることになった。
It was decided to put the bill to a vote.

Kanji

採pick, take, fetch
決decide, fix, agree upon

Related words

投とう票ひょうN3
投票 is the general word for voting, such as in elections, while 採決 specifically means taking a formal vote in a meeting or legislative body.
表ひょう決けつ
表決 is a near-synonym meaning 'decision by vote', but 採決 emphasizes the procedural act of the chair calling for and taking the vote.
強きょう行こう採さい決けつ
採決 is the neutral term for taking a vote on a bill, while 強行採決 specifically means forcing that vote through over the opposition's objections.
多た数すう決けつN1
採決 is the formal act of taking a vote, while 多数決 is the underlying principle or result of deciding by majority.
決けつ
採決 specifically means the act of putting a matter to a vote in a meeting or assembly, whereas 決 is the abstract noun for the resulting decision or vote itself.

Don't confuse with

裁さい決けつN1
裁決 (a ruling or adjudication by an authority) is pronounced identically to 採決 (taking a vote) but refers to a completely different act.
採さい択たくN1
採決 refers to the act of taking a vote on a matter, while 採択 refers to the formal adoption or acceptance of a proposal, not the voting process itself.

Counted with

回かいN4
counter for occurrences; times · time; instance; occasion · inning (baseball); round; game · episode; chapter; installment · Hui (people) · Islam

Word family

強きょう行こう採さい決けつ
forced passage; railroading; steamrolling

Etymology

Compound of 採 (sai, 'take, adopt') and 決 (ketsu, 'decide'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling conventionally represents the act of adopting a decision through a vote.