国会

国会

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 国会 – see 國會 (“congress; national assembly; parliament; diet”). (This term, 国会, is the simplified form of 國會.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
国	会
こく > こっ Grade: 2	かい Grade: 2
kan’on

Alternative spelling
國會 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) こっかい [kòkkáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞k̚ka̠i]

Etymology 1

From Chinese 國會.

Proper noun

国(こっ)会(かい) • (Kokkai) ^{←こくくわい (kokukwai)?} (kyūjitai 國會)

1. the National Diet (Japan's bicameral legislature)

   Meronyms: 参議院 (Sangiin), 衆議院 (Shūgiin)

2. the Cortes Generales (Spain's bicameral legislature)
3. the Parliament (France's bicameral legislature; Sri Lanka's and Singapore's unicameral legislature)
4. the House of Nation (Bangladesh's unicameral legislature)

Etymology 2

From Korean 국회 (Gukhoe).

Proper noun

国(こっ)会(かい) • (Kokkai) ^{←こくくわい (kokukwai)?} (kyūjitai 國會)

1. the National Assembly (South Korea's unicameral legislature)

Etymology 3

From Vietnamese Quốc hội.

Proper noun

国(こっ)会(かい) • (Kokkai) ^{←こくくわい (kokukwai)?} (kyūjitai 國會)

1. the National Assembly (Vietnam's unicameral legislature)

See also

• 議(ぎ)会(かい) (gikai, “diet; parliament; congress”)
• 国(こく)民(みん)議(ぎ)会(かい) (Kokumin Gikai)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN