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Politics and administration — 政治と行政

The Diet, the cabinet, a bill, a vote, the constitution, local government, the budget. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

しゅうぎいん noun

衆議院 the House of Representatives

ないかく noun

内閣 the cabinet

さんぎいん noun

参議院 the House of Councillors

ぎせき noun

議席 seat (in a parliament)

ほうあん noun

法案 bill (proposed law)

かけつ noun

可決 approval, passing (a bill)

ひけつ noun

否決 rejection (of a bill)

ゆうけんしゃ noun

有権者 voter, the electorate

せんきょく noun

選挙区 electoral district

けんぽう noun

憲法 constitution

ぎょうせい noun

行政 administration, the executive

かんちょう noun

官庁 government office

じちたい noun

自治体 local government body

かんりょう noun

官僚 bureaucrat, officialdom

せいけん noun

政権 political power, an administration

よとう noun

与党 the governing party

やとう noun

野党 the opposition party

えんぜつ noun

演説 a speech (public)

しじりつ noun

支持率 approval rating

こうやく noun

公約 public pledge, manifesto promise

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Politics and administration — from memory

Cover page 1. Write the Japanese for each meaning (kana is fine), then write what each word in part 2 means. Page 1 is the answer key.

1 Write the Japanese

local government body

noun

public pledge, manifesto promise

noun

bill (proposed law)

noun

political power, an administration

noun

electoral district

noun

constitution

noun

the opposition party

noun

voter, the electorate

noun

seat (in a parliament)

noun

the House of Councillors

noun

2 What does it mean?

衆議院

演説

官僚

行政

可決

与党

支持率

官庁

否決

内閣

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