ぎかい
Meanings
Noun
1. 選挙などによって選ばれた議員によって構成され、法律などを制定する会議、機関。立法府。日本においては国会、都道府県議会、市町村議会などがこれにあたる。
Pitch accent
かい
Composed of
① 相談。議論すること。② 意見。
① 一定の目的をもって人が集まること。会合、集会。② 一定の目的をもって組織された集団。会派。
Used in vocabulary (32 in total)
council (consultatory, advisory); board of trustees
Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of the Holy Roman Empire
city council
federal parliament; federal congress
national assembly (esp. France)
① 国民の代表である議員が選ばれ、その議会によって政治が行われる仕組み。
Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
village assembly
European Parliament
state legislature; state or provincial parliament
parliamentary democracy
① 地方公共団体の、都道府県・市町村及び特別区の議会。
town council
prefectural assembly (in Kyoto or Osaka)
prefectural assembly
parliamentarism
parliamentary election
joint committee of both houses
ward council
Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
US Congress
European Parliament
upper house; senate
British parliament
General Council of Trade Unions of Japan
lower house (parliament, congress, diet)
British parliament
lower and upper houses being controlled by different parties; (lit.) twisted parliament
prefectural assemblies
hung parliament
Examples (3 in total)
They introduced a bill in Congress.
Do you know when the first parliament came into being?
The queen is going to address parliament next week.