れんぽう
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. commonwealth; federation of states; confederation; union
Kanji used
take along
home country
Pitch accent
んぽう
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Used in vocabulary (50 in total)
federal government (e.g. USA, Australia, Mexico, Germany, Canada)
Commonwealth of Nations (formerly British Commonwealth)
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
federal parliament; federal congress
federal law; federal legislation
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
Russian Federation
federal police (US, Brazil, Australia, etc.)
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
federal president (e.g. in Germany)
Federal Republic of Germany (former West Germany)
Commonwealth of Nations (formerly British Commonwealth)
Swiss Confederation (Switzerland)
(Associate) Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Commonwealth of Australia
US federal (agency, etc.)
federal district (e.g. in India)
Federated States of Micronesia
union territory (e.g. in India); federal territory
federal (budget) deficit
federal city (e.g. Moscow and St Petersburg in Russia)
Bundesrat (lower house of the German parliament)
The Union of South Africa
Union of South Africa (1910-1957)
federal district (esp. in Russia)
Union of South Africa
Examples (2 in total)
Americans pay both federal taxes and state taxes.
A huge federal budget deficit has been plaguing the American economy for many years.