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衆議院
しゅうぎいん
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Lower House, House of Representatives
Shūgiin is 衆議 (shūgi, “general consultation, general conference”) plus 院 (-in, “parliamentary chamber”).
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In a sentence
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.
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What Wiktionary says
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- “衆議(しゅうぎ) (shūgi, “general consultation, general conference”) + 院(いん) (-in, “parliamentary chamber”)”
Source: Wiktionary: 衆議院 (dump of 2026-09-02), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Reading, meaning and part of speech from JMdict, and kanji readings from KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG).
What the labels mean
- 漢語 Sino-Japanese
- Words built from Chinese-derived morphemes — borrowed from Chinese or coined in Japan out of Chinese parts — read with on'yomi.
- Compound
- Two or more words or stems joined into one.