Illustration: In a Japanese civic education hall, adults participate in a staged demonstration of a national referendum. A large relief map of Japan stands behind a sealed ballot box.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

国こく民みん投とう票ひょう

kokumintouhyou

national referendum

Example sentences

  1. しかし汚職おしょくの横行おうこうと世界大恐慌せかいだいきょうこうの影響えいきょうで政治的せいじてきに行いき詰づまり、1935年ねん11月がつ3日かの国民投票こくみんとうひょうで王政復古おうせいふっこが決定けっていした。

    But, since internally rampant corruption and the worldwide Great Depression bogged the country down politically, it decided to revive the monarchy by a national referendum on November 3, 1935.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. その案あんについて国民投票こくみんとうひょうを行おこなう予定よていだ。

    A national referendum is planned on that proposal.

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  3. 国民投票こくみんとうひょうの結果けっかが新聞しんぶんに載のっていた。

    The newspaper reported the results of the national referendum.

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Kanji in 国民投票

  • 国countryOnコクKunくに
  • 民people; nationOnミンKunたみ
  • 投throw; discardOnトウKunなげる
  • 票ballot; labelOnヒョウ

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