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法案 (ほうあん, houan) Japanese meaning: bill | Kotomora
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The government submitted a new bill to the Diet.
The bill was passed by a majority vote.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 を 提てい 出しゅつ する to submit a bill (to a legislature)
The government submitted the new bill to the Diet.
〈 物もの 〉 が 可か 決けつ される for a bill to be passed
The bill was passed by a majority vote.
〈 物もの 〉 を 否ひ 決けつ する to reject a bill
The assembly rejected the bill.
〈 物もの 〉 が 成せい 立りつ する for a bill to become law
After long debate, the bill finally became law.
〈 物もの 〉 を 審しん 議ぎ する to deliberate on a bill
The committee is carefully deliberating on the bill.
Related words 法案 is a bill still under deliberation, while 法律 is a law that has already been enacted.
議案 is any proposal or motion submitted to an assembly, while 法案 refers specifically to a proposed law.
法律案 is the full, more formal term for a proposed law, while 法案 is the shorter form commonly used in news and politics.
法案 is any legislative bill in general, while 改正案 is specifically a bill proposing amendments to an existing law.
Don't confuse with 法案 is a proposed law (a bill), whereas 予算案 is a proposed budget; both share the '〜案' pattern for 'draft proposal' but refer to different kinds of documents.
法案 is the bill itself before any decision, while 廃案 refers to that same bill after it has been scrapped or left to lapse.
Word family controversial legislation; confrontational bill
legislative deliberation; debate on a bill
introduction of a bill; presentation of a draft bill
Etymology Sino-Japanese compound: 法 means law, and 案 means proposal or draft. The compound literally points to a draft or proposal for a law.
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related bill; relevant legislation