Illustration: Inside the House of Representatives chamber in Japan's National Diet Building, elected members occupy curved rows of wooden desks facing the central rostrum and elevated presiding seat.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

衆しゅう議ぎ院いん

shuugiin

Japan’s House of Representatives

Example sentences

  1. 衆議院しゅうぎいんの少数派しょうすうはの議席ぎせきは、急速きゅうそくにむしばまれてきています。

    The number of minority seats in the Lower House is rapidly eroding.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 以後いご衆議院しゅうぎいん議員ぎいんに5回当選かいとうせん。

    After that, he was elected as a member of the House of Representatives five times.

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

  3. 閣僚中かくりょうちゅう、唯一ゆいいつの衆議院しゅうぎいん議員ぎいんであった。

    He was the only member of the House of Representatives who was a cabinet member.

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

Kanji in 衆議院

  • 衆masses; great numbersOnシュウ・シュKunおおい
  • 議deliberation; consultationOnギ
  • 院Inst.; institutionOnイン

A word like this on every new tab

The Bebop Chrome extension shows one illustrated Japanese word each time you open a new tab in Chrome, with its reading, meaning, kanji and three example sentences. Choose any mix of levels from N5 to beyond N1. It’s free, with no account.

The Bebop new tab showing 音楽, music, over an illustration of a family playing music at home, with three example sentences
Add to Chrome Free on the Chrome Web Store
For Chrome on a computer. See it on the Chrome Web Store