採決|さいけつsaiketsu[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbvote; ballot; division
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.
- 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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