国会|こっかいkokkai[0]heiban (flat)
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- nounNational Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-)
- nounImperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947)
- nounlegislative assembly; parliament; congress
- Synonym議会ぎかいWrittenLiterary in register, 議会 is a general noun for a legislative assembly; unlike 国会, it is not the proper name of Japan's national legislature.
Use 国会 for Japan's legislature by name — the National Diet since 1947 or, historically, the Imperial Diet; choose 議会 for a legislative assembly in general, in a literary register.
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