衆議院 (shuugiin)
Lower House, House of Representatives
- JLPT N1
- noun
- Pitch 3
- #4184 most frequent
Meaning
衆議院 (しゅうぎいん, shuugiin) is a JLPT N1 noun meaning “Lower House, House of Representatives”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
予算案が衆議院を通過した。
The House of Representatives has passed the budget bill.
衆議院議員。
A member of the House of Representatives.
衆議院はこの決議を否決した.
The House of Representatives rejected this resolution.
来年、衆議院が解散されるだろう。
The Lower House will probably be dissolved next year.
その税法案は衆議院で難航している.
The tax bill is having a rough passage through the House of Representatives.
法案は満場一致で衆議院を通過した.
The House of Representatives passed the bill unanimously.
私は8年前に衆議院議員になりました。
I became a member of the House of Representatives 8 years ago.
議会は2院,すなわち参議院と衆議院より成る.
The Diet consists of two Houses, namely the House of Councilors and the House of Representatives.
衆議院の少数派の議席は、急速にむしばまれてきています。
The number of minority seats in the Lower House is rapidly eroding.
衆議院商工厚生常任委員長、厚生委員会委員長などを歴任。
He served as the chairperson of Commerce and Welfare Standing Committee and chairperson of the Health and Welfare Committee.
1890年、第1回衆議院議員総選挙に出馬して補欠当選。
In 1890, he ran for the first general election of the members of the House of Representatives and won the election as a fill-in member.
1890年に衆議院議員に当選し、1893年には衆議院議長に就任した。
In 1890 he was elected a member of the House of Representatives, becoming its chairman in 1893.