採決|さいけつsaiketsu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbvote; ballot; division
    彼かれらはその動議どうぎについて採決さいけつをした。↗
    They took a vote on the motion.
Conjugation
Dictionary form採決する(さいけつする)
Polite (masu)採決します(さいけつします)
Negative (nai)採決しない(さいけつしない)
polite (masen)採決しません(さいけつしません)
classical zu / nu採決せず・採決せぬ(さいけつせず・さいけつせぬ)
Past (ta)採決した(さいけつした)
polite (mashita)採決しました(さいけつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)採決しなかった(さいけつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)採決しませんでした(さいけつしませんでした)
Te form採決して(さいけつして)
Potential採決できる(さいけつできる)
Passive採決される(さいけつされる)
Causative採決させる(さいけつさせる)
Causative passive採決させられる(さいけつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)採決すれば(さいけつすれば)
tara採決したら(さいけつしたら)
Volitional採決しよう(さいけつしよう)
polite (mashou)採決しましょう(さいけつしましょう)
Imperative採決しろ(さいけつしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym表決ひょうけつWrittenWritten, parliamentary-style word for expressing approval or disapproval of a motion, as in 「起立による表決」.
  • Synonym議決ぎけつWrittenWritten word for a decision reached by an assembly through deliberation; stresses the decision made rather than the act of voting.
  • Synonym票決ひょうけつWrittenWritten/formal word for deciding something by a vote. 「採決」 stresses the chair putting a motion to the vote at a meeting.
  • Related投票とうひょうNeutralThe everyday, neutral word for voting, covering elections and polls; much broader in range and far more common than 「採決」.
  • Related決議けつぎWrittenThe resolution adopted at a meeting, as in 「国連決議」; stresses the content agreed on rather than the voting itself.

Use 「採決」 for putting a motion to a vote at a meeting, as in 「強行採決」. For voting in elections or everyday contexts use 「投票」. 「表決」 and 「議決」 are formal parliamentary terms, and 「決議」 refers to the resolution passed, as in 「国連決議」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 会議かいぎにおいて議長ぎちょうが議案ぎあんの可否かひ、賛否さんぴの決けつを採とること。
Kanji in this word
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