Usage patterns 議ぎ 会かい が 開ひら かれる for the assembly to convene
An extraordinary session of the assembly is scheduled to convene next week.
議ぎ 会かい を 解かい 散さん する to dissolve the parliament/assembly
The prime minister announced that he would dissolve the parliament.
議ぎ 会かい で 〈 事こと 〉 が 審しん 議ぎ される for a matter to be deliberated in the assembly
The new tax system is being deliberated in the assembly.
議ぎ 会かい に 〈 物もの 〉 を 提てい 出しゅつ する to submit something (e.g. a bill) to the assembly
The mayor submitted a new draft ordinance to the assembly.
Kanji 議 deliberation, consultation, debate Related words· 9 国会 refers specifically to Japan's national Diet, while 議会 is the general term covering national, local, or foreign legislative assemblies.
立法府 is a more abstract, formal term for 'the legislative branch' as an institution, while 議会 usually names a specific assembly or its building/proceedings.
議会 is the general term for any legislative assembly, while 地方議会 specifically denotes a local (prefectural or municipal) one.
院 refers to an individual legislative chamber (as in 衆議院 /参議院 ), while 議会 is the broader term for a parliament or assembly as a whole institution.
Show 5 more Show fewer 議会 is the general term for any legislative assembly, while 市議会 specifically denotes the assembly of a city.
議会 is a general term for a legislative assembly (local or national), whereas 議事堂 is the physical hall or building it occupies.
議会 is a general term for any legislative assembly (national or local), whereas 議院 specifically denotes a chamber of Japan's bicameral Diet.
議会 is a general term for a legislative assembly at any level (national, prefectural, etc.), whereas 市会 refers specifically to a city's assembly.
議会 is the general term for any legislative assembly, while 村議会 specifically refers to a village's assembly.
Word family· 24 Show 10 more Show fewer ward council
state legislature; state parliament; provincial parliament
village assembly
British parliament
council; advisory board; board of trustees
National Assembly (France)
local assembly; local council
British parliament
upper house; senate
lower house (of parliament, congress, diet)
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Etymology Compound of 議 (discussion, deliberation) and 会 (assembly, meeting). The term was adopted in the Meiji period to translate Western concepts of legislative bodies.
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