議員

ぎいん · giin · JLPT N3 · noun

diet

議員 — diet

🏛️ 議員 = debate (議) + member (員): a member who debates laws

議 means to discuss or deliberate, as in 会議 (meeting). 員 means member, as in 会社員 (company employee). A 議員 is a member of a body that debates laws. Sound hook: giin, as in the lawmaker who got in.

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