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:

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

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Chinese 國會.

Proper noun

国会 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 國會, hiragana こっかい, rōmaji Kokkai, historical hiragana こくくわい)

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

国会 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 國會, hiragana こっかい, rōmaji Kokkai, historical hiragana こくくわい)

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

Etymology 3

From Vietnamese Quốc hội.

Proper noun

国会 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 國會, hiragana こっかい, rōmaji Kokkai, historical hiragana こくくわい)

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

See also

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
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