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衆議院 (しゅうぎいん): Lower House, House of Representatives — Japanese vocabulary

衆議院 is read しゅうぎいん and means "Lower House, House of Representatives". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

衆議院

Reading
しゅうぎいん · shuugiin
Translation
Lower House, House of Representatives
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
しゅうぎいんが

Example

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。

しゅうぎいんのしょうすうはのぎせきは、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.

Kanji in this word

  • 衆 — masses, populace
  • 議 — discuss, deliberate
  • 院 — institution

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