議

ぎ

discussion, deliberation

審議入り

しんぎいり

initiation of debate (e.g. in parliament)

異議あり

いぎあり

objection!; question!

神参り

かみまいり

visiting shrines

神送り

かみおくり

rite seeing off the gods on their way to Izumo Shrine (held on the last night of the ninth lunar month and first night of the tenth lunar month)

守り神

まもりがみ

guardian deity

神憑り

かみがかり

divine possession

宙吊り議会

ちゅうづりぎかい

hung parliament

市議会議員

しぎかいぎいん

city council member

衆議員議長

しゅうぎいんぎちょう

speaker of the Lower House

区議会議員

くぎかいぎいん

ward assemblyman, ward councillor

府議会議員

ふぎかいぎいん

prefectural assembly member (in Osaka or Kyoto Prefectures)

衆議院議員

しゅうぎいんぎいん

member of the Lower House

道議会議員

どうぎかいぎいん

member of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly

州議会議員

しゅうぎかいぎいん

state legislator, member of state parliament, member of a provincial assembly

町議会議員

ちょうぎかいぎいん

town councillor, town council member

衆議院議長

しゅうぎいんぎちょう

speaker of the lower house

県議会議員

prefectural assembly member

参議院議員

さんぎいんぎいん

member of the House of Councillors