| Japanese |
Reading |
English |
| 安定多数 |
antei tasuu |
stable majority |
| 長期一党支配 |
chouki ittou shihai |
one party dominance |
| 中道左派 |
chuudou saha |
Left-of-center faction/ center-left bloc |
| 中間選挙 |
chuukan senkyo |
By-elections; mid term elections |
| 中央政府 |
chuuou seifu |
Central government |
| 中選挙区単記投票製 |
chuusenkyo ku tanki touhyou |
Single vote, medium sized electoral district system/ single non-transferable vote |
| 弾劾 |
dangai |
impeachment |
| 不信任決議 |
fushin nin ketsugi |
Censure vote/ Vote of No Confidence |
| 不信任決議案 |
fushin nin ketsugi an |
Censure vote/ Vote of No Confidence |
| 不信任案 |
fushin nin'an |
vote of No Confidence/ no confidence measure |
| 議会制民主主義 |
gikaisei minshu shugi |
parliamentary democracy |
| 派閥 |
habatsu |
faction |
| 否決 |
hiketsu |
dismissed/ opposed |
| 比例代表 |
hireidaihyou |
Proportional representation |
| 比例区 |
hireiku |
Proportional representation seats |
| 保護主義 |
hogo shugi |
protectionism |
| 補欠選挙 |
hoketsu senkyo |
By-election |
| 本会議 |
honkaigi |
plenary session |
| 補選 |
hosen |
By-election |
| 時期通常国会 |
jiki tsuujou kokkai |
Current regular session of the Diet |
| 自主投票 |
jishu touhyou |
Independent vote |
| 解散 |
kaisan |
dissolution |
| 解散総選挙 |
kaisan sou senkyo |
dissolve the house for a general election |
| 可決 |
kaketsu |
approval |
| 閣議 |
kakugi |
Cabinet Meeting |
| 幹事長 |
kanji chou |
Secretary General |
| 関連法案 |
kanren houan |
related bill |
| 継続審議 |
keizoku shingi |
Carry over to the next session of the Diet |
| 憲法 |
kempou |
The Constitution |
| 憲政 |
kensei |
constitutional government |
| 決定投票 |
kettei touhyou |
casting vote |
| 金権政治 |
kinken seiji |
money politics |
| 国会 |
kokkai |
The Diet |
| 公聴会 |
kouchoukai |
public hearing |
| 共同声明 |
kyoudou seimei |
joint declaration |
| 密室政治 |
misshitsu seiji |
behind-the-screen politics |
| 内閣改造 |
naikaku kaizou |
cabinet reshuffle/ reform of the Cabinet |
| 2大政党制度 |
nidai seitou seido |
2 party system |
| 人気投票 |
ninki touhyou |
popularity vote |
| 落選 |
rakusen |
Election loss |
| 連立政権 |
renritsu seiken |
coalition government |
| 連立与党 |
renritsu yotou |
ruling coalition party |
| 臨時国会 |
rinji kokkai |
Special Session of the Diet |
| 左派 |
saha |
left wing |
| 参院選 |
san'in sen |
upper house election |
| 賛成多数 |
sansei tasuu |
majority |
| 政調会長 |
seichou kaichou |
Policy Research Council Chairman |
| 政府筋 |
seifu suji |
government circles |
| 政治亡命 |
seiji boumei |
political asylum |
| 政治不信 |
seiji fushin |
political uncertainty |
| 政治保護 |
seiji hogo |
political asylum |
| 政治活動家 |
seiji katsudou ka |
political activist |
| 政治運動 |
seiji undou |
political campaign |
| 政治学 |
seijigaku |
political science |
| 政治的空白 |
seijiteki kuuhaku |
political vacuum |
| 政綱 |
seikou |
political platform |
| 政策立案 |
seisaku ritsuan |
policy making |
| 政党 |
seitou |
political party |
| 選挙管理政府 |
senkyo kanri seifu |
caretaker government |
| 選挙区 |
senkyo ku |
Single seat districts/ single seat constituencies |
| 選挙制度 |
senkyo seido |
electoral system |
| 選挙人 |
senkyonin |
voter |
| 支持率 |
shijiritsu |
approval rating |
| 刺客候補 |
shikaku kouho |
assassin candidate |
| 刺客戦術 |
shikaku senjutsu |
assassination tactics |
| 施政方針演説 |
shisei houshin enzetsu |
policy speech |
| 所信表明演説 |
shoshin hyoumei enzetsu |
General Policy Speech (made by Prime Minister in the Diet) |
| 小選挙区比例代表並立制 |
shousenkyo kuhirei daihyou heiritsusei |
Single-member district system and proportional representation |
| 召集 |
shoushuu |
Convening [Regular Session of the Diet] |
| 衆議院 |
shugiin |
Lower House |
| 首相 |
shushou |
Prime Minister |
| 首相の地位 |
shushou no chii |
Prime Ministership |
| 首相臨時代行 |
shushou rinji daikou |
acting prime minister |
| 出馬 |
shutsuba |
run for office |
| 衆院 |
shuuin |
House of Representatives |
| 総辞職 [内閣の] |
soujishoku [naikaku no] |
resign en masse (general resignation of the Cabinet) |
| 早期解散 |
souki kaisan |
early dissolution |
| 総理大臣 |
souri daijin |
Prime Minister |
| 推薦 |
suisen |
nomination/ endorsement |
| 低投票率 |
teitouhyouritsu |
low voter turnout |
| 都道府県連 |
todoufukenren |
Prefectural chapters |
| 党員 |
touin |
party member |
| 党大会 |
toutaikai |
party convention |
| 通常国会召集 |
tsuujou kokkai shoushuu |
Convening of the Regular Session of the Diet |
| 右派 |
uha |
right wing |
| 野党 |
yatou |
opposition party |
| 与党 |
yotou |
ruling party/ Government party |
| 有権者 |
yuukensha |
Constituents; eligible voters |
| 暫定内閣 |
zantei naikaku |
caretaker government |
| 暫定政府 |
zantei seifu |
transitional government |
