国会

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

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
  • (Tokyo) こっかい [kòkkáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞k̚ka̠i]

Etymology 1

From Chinese 國會／国会 (guóhuì).

Proper noun

国(こっ)会(かい) • (Kokkai) ←こくくわい (kokukwai)?

  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)?

  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)?

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

See also

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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