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県会議員 (けんかいぎいん, kenkaigiin) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

県けん会かい議ぎ員いん

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Meanings

1

prefectural assembly member

Refers to an elected member of a prefectural assembly in Japan. Synonymous with 県議会議員, but 県会議員 is a slightly shorter form.

See also: 県議会議員

彼かれは県けん会かい議ぎ員いんに立りっ候こう補ほし

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He ran for a seat in the prefectural assembly.

県けん会かい議ぎ員いんの任にん期きは4年よねんです。

The term of a prefectural assembly member is four years.

Kanji

県prefecture
会meeting, meet, party
議deliberation, consultation, debate
員employee, member, number

Related words

県けん議ぎ会かい議ぎ員いん
Synonymous; 県議会議員 is the full official title, while 県会議員 is a common abbreviated form.
市し会かい議ぎ員いん
Refers to a city assembly member, as opposed to a prefectural one.

Politeness

県けん議ぎplain
県会議員 is another full, formal way to say the same thing as 県議会議員, while 県議 is the short, common abbreviation.

Built from

県けん会かい+議ぎ員いん

Etymology

Compound of 県会 (prefectural assembly) and 議員 (assembly member).