1 |
国民・市民 citizen |
憲法 constitution |
政府 government |
2 |
政党 political party |
保守 conservative |
与党 the ruling party |
3 |
政策 Policy |
議員 An assembly member |
議長 chairman |
4 |
通常国会 ordinary session of congress |
特別国会 special session of congress |
臨時国会 extraordinary session of Diet |
5 |
議会 Diet, congress, parliament |
参議院 House of Councillors (upper) |
衆議院 House of Representatives (lower) |
6 |
大統領 president,chief executive |
内閣解散 dissolve cabinet/house |
法案・議案 Legislation / legislative bill |
7 |
決議・議決 resolution, vote, decision |
賛成 approval; adoption (e.g. motion, bill); passage |
否決・反対・却下 rejection, disapproval |
8 |
措置・対策・処置 a measure |
選挙 an election |
立候補する・候補者 announcing candidacy / candidate |
9 |
当選・落選 election to office / failing to be elected |
就任 inauguration |
辞任 resignation |
10 |
外交 diplomacy, foreign relations |
条約 treaty, pact |
同盟 alliance, union, league |
11 |
交渉 negotiation |
連邦 commonwealth, federation of states |
市長 mayor |
12 |
区役所 ward office |
市役所 municipal office / city hall |
県庁 prefectural office |
13 |
納税 payment of taxes |
滞納 non-payment, default |
所得税 income tax |
14 |
都庁 Tokyo Government Office |
予算・補正予算・予算案 budget / revised budget / draft budget |
財源 source of funds, resources, finances |
15 |
民主主義 democracy |
社会主義 socialism |
共産主義 communism |
16 |
国会議員 member of the Diet (congress) |
行政改革 administrative reform |
国家財政 national finance |
17 |
提出 presentation, submission, filing |
官僚 bureaucrat, bureaucracy |
左派・右派・派閥・流派 left wing / right wing / faction / school |
18 |
司法(法を司る) Administration of Justice |
立法(法を立てる) legislation, lawmaking |
行政(政治を行う) administration |
19 |
内閣総理大臣 (通称:総理・首相・総理大臣) Prime Minister |
外務省 Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
大蔵省 Ministry of Finance |
20 |
厚生労働省(厚労省) Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare |
防衛省 Defense Ministry |
国土交通省 Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport |
21 |
内閣官房長官 Secretary General of the Cabinet |
自由民主党(自民党) Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) |
民主党 Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) |
22 |
社会民主党(社民党) Social Democratic Party (SDP) |
公明党 NCDP (New Clean Government Party) |
国民新党 the People’s New Party |
23 |
票 a vote |
日本共産党(共産党)(JCP) Japanese Communist Party |
無所属 Independent |
24 |
政権 administration |
野党 opposition party |
国会 National Diet, parliament, congress |
25 |
開会・休会・閉会 opening / adjournment / closure of a meeting |
改正・修正 amendment / correction, revision |
協定 arrangement; pact; agreement |
26 |
投票 poll; voting |
長官 Director, Chief, Senior elected official |
援助 assistance/aid/support |
27 |
知事 prefectural governor |
課税 Taxation |
消費税 consumption tax |
28 |
独裁主義 Despotism |
漏えい(漏洩)・流出 leak, divulge, disclose… |
三権分立 Separation of the tree powers |
29 |
内閣 Cabinet |
文部省(正しくは文部科学省) Ministry of Education |
大臣 a cabinet minister |