審議|しんぎshingi[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbdeliberation; discussion; consideration
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 審議する（しんぎする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 審議します（しんぎします） |
| Negative (nai) | 審議しない（しんぎしない） |
| polite (masen) | 審議しません（しんぎしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 審議せず・審議せぬ（しんぎせず・しんぎせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 審議した（しんぎした） |
| polite (mashita) | 審議しました（しんぎしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 審議しなかった（しんぎしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 審議しませんでした（しんぎしませんでした） |
| Te form | 審議して（しんぎして） |
| Potential | 審議できる（しんぎできる） |
| Passive | 審議される（しんぎされる） |
| Causative | 審議させる（しんぎさせる） |
| Causative passive | 審議させられる（しんぎさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 審議すれば（しんぎすれば） |
| tara | 審議したら（しんぎしたら） |
| Volitional | 審議しよう（しんぎしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 審議しましょう（しんぎしましょう） |
| Imperative | 審議しろ（しんぎしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym評議ひょうぎWrittenWritten word for conferring to reach a decision; the stress is on weighing and judging, while 「審議」 stresses a body scrutinizing bills or matters.
- Synonym討議とうぎWrittenWritten word for discussing an agenda item by exchanging opinions; 「審議」 centers on formally scrutinizing a bill or matter.
- Synonym弁論べんろんNeutralNeutral word for presenting one's case before an audience or in court, as in 「弁論大会」; 「審議」 is a body examining a matter.
- Related熟慮じゅくりょWrittenWritten word for an individual thinking a matter over deeply; 「審議」 is detailed examination and discussion by a group.
- Related論議ろんぎNeutralNeutral word for debating or arguing over an issue; it is general discussion, without the formal-scrutiny lean of 「審議」.
- Related討論とうろんNeutralNeutral word for debate, stressing the clash of opposing views; 「審議」 stresses scrutiny of a matter instead.
- RelatedディベートNeutralLoanword for debate, especially a contest between affirmative and negative teams; 「審議」 is the scrutiny of bills or matters.
- RelatedディスカッションNeutralLoanword for discussion or a discussion session, as in classes and academic conferences; it carries no sense of judging a matter, which 「審議」 does.
- Related議論ぎろんNeutralThe all-purpose word for discussion or argument; 「審議」 is formal scrutiny of whether a matter is viable.
- Related熟考じゅっこうWrittenWritten word for pondering something over and over, an individual act; 「審議」 is examination and discussion by a group.
- Related付議ふぎWrittenWritten word for submitting a bill or matter to a meeting for discussion; 「審議」 is the deliberation itself.
- Related争論そうろんWrittenWritten word for a dispute or quarrel, with a confrontational coloring; 「審議」 is orderly formal scrutiny.
- Related論弁ろんべんWrittenWritten word for laying out an argument; rare, so say 「議論」 in everyday speech.
Use 「審議」 for a committee or assembly formally examining a bill or matter — 「法案を審議する」 — or a sports review of a call. For general discussion, 「議論」 and 「討論」 are the everyday picks; 「ディベート」 is a pro-con debate, 「ディスカッション」 a class or conference discussion. For personal deep thought use 「熟慮」; 「評議」「討議」「付議」 etc. are mostly written or specialized.
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