可決|かけつkaketsu[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbapproval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
    委員会いいんかいはその議案ぎあんを可決かけつした。↗
    The committee passed the bill.
Conjugation
Dictionary form可決する(かけつする)
Polite (masu)可決します(かけつします)
Negative (nai)可決しない(かけつしない)
polite (masen)可決しません(かけつしません)
classical zu / nu可決せず・可決せぬ(かけつせず・かけつせぬ)
Past (ta)可決した(かけつした)
polite (mashita)可決しました(かけつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)可決しなかった(かけつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)可決しませんでした(かけつしませんでした)
Te form可決して(かけつして)
Potential可決できる(かけつできる)
Passive可決される(かけつされる)
Causative可決させる(かけつさせる)
Causative passive可決させられる(かけつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)可決すれば(かけつすれば)
tara可決したら(かけつしたら)
Volitional可決しよう(かけつしよう)
polite (mashou)可決しましょう(かけつしましょう)
Imperative可決しろ(かけつしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related制定せいていFormalFormal. Means enacting or establishing laws and rules, as in 「法律を制定する」; 「可決」 is the step where a parliament votes a bill through.
  • Antonym否決ひけつWrittenWritten/formal prose. Refers to voting a bill down; the direct opposite of 「可決」 in a vote.
  • Antonym却下きゃっかWrittenWritten/formal prose. Courts and authorities dismissing an application or lawsuit; opposite of 「可決」 in the sense of not adopting it.

Use 「可決」 when a parliament votes to pass a bill, as in 「法案が可決された」; enacting a law is 「制定」, the opposite vote is 「否決」, and dismissing an application is 「却下」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 提出ていしゅつされた議案ぎあんを良よいと認みとめて承認しょうにんすること。
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