jpdb beta

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。

prefectural assembly

town council

prefectural assembly (in Kyoto or Osaka)

parliamentarism

Senate

parliamentary election

ward council

joint committee of both houses

Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly

upper house; senate

European Parliament

British parliament

US Congress

lower house (parliament, congress, diet)

General Council of Trade Unions of Japan

lower and upper houses being controlled by different parties; (lit.) twisted parliament

hung parliament

British parliament

lower and upper houses being controlled by different parties; (lit.) twisted parliament

US Congress

prefectural assemblies

hung parliament