集しゅう議ぎ院いん

noun

Shūgiin (early Meiji legislative body)

Historical term for a short-lived legislative assembly that existed from 1869 to 1873, predating the modern Diet. Not to be confused with the modern 衆議院 (House of Representatives).

• 集しゅう議ぎ院いんは明めい治じ初しょ期きに設せっ置ちされた立りっ法ぽう機き関かんの一ひとつである。

  The Shūgiin was one of the legislative bodies established in the early Meiji period.

• 集しゅう議ぎ院いんは1873年ねんに廃はい止しされた。

  The Shūgiin was abolished in 1873.