衆議院議員(しゅうぎいんぎいん)

しゅうぎいんぎいん
noun
member of the House of Representatives
1. member of the House of Representatives
An elected member of the House of Representatives (衆議院(しゅうぎいん)), the lower house of the Japanese National Diet. Members serve four-year terms and are chosen through a combination of single-seat constituencies and proportional representation.
彼(かれ)は衆議院議員(しゅうぎいんぎいん)に当選(とうせん)した。
He was elected as a member of the House of Representatives.
衆議院議員(しゅうぎいんぎいん)の任期(にんき)は四年(よねん)だが、解散(かいさん)で短(みじか)くなることもある。
The term of a House of Representatives member is four years, but it can be shortened by dissolution.
現在(げんざい)の衆議院議員(しゅうぎいんぎいん)の定数(ていすう)は465人(にん)で、小選挙区(しょうせんきょく)と比例代表(ひれいだいひょう)から選(えら)ばれる。
The current fixed number of House of Representatives members is 465, elected from single-seat constituencies and proportional representation.

Combines 衆議院(しゅうぎいん) (House of Representatives) and 議員(ぎいん) (legislator, member of parliament). The 衆議院(しゅうぎいん) is the lower and more powerful house of the 国会(こっかい) (National Diet). Often abbreviated to 衆院議員(しゅういんぎいん) in news headlines.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 衆議院議員(しゅうぎいんぎいん)選挙(せんきょ): House of Representatives election
  • 衆議院議員(しゅうぎいんぎいん)に立候補(りっこうほ)する: to run for the House of Representatives
  • 衆議院議員(しゅうぎいんぎいん)を務(つと)める: to serve as a member of the House of Representatives
  • 前(まえ)衆議院議員(しゅうぎいんぎいん): former House of Representatives member

RELATED TERMS:

  • 参議院議員(さんぎいんぎいん): member of the House of Councillors — the upper house counterpart
  • 国会議員(こっかいぎいん): Diet member — the broader term covering both houses
  • 衆議院(しゅうぎいん): House of Representatives — the institution itself
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