Word Meaning 議席を奪う

ぎせきをうばう giseki o ubau

議席を奪う is read as ぎせきをうばう (giseki o ubau) and means to unseat someone (in an election).

Meaning

English

to unseat someone (in an election)
to defeat a sitting member

Reading

Kana

ぎせきをうばう

Romaji

giseki o ubau

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 49 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 56013 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

議席を失う

ぎせきをうしなう

to lose a seat (in an election)

議席

ぎせき

parliamentary seat

議案

ぎあん

agenda item

議会主義

ぎかいしゅぎ

parliamentarism

議会選挙

ぎかいせんきょ

parliamentary election

議会制民主主義

ぎかいせいみんしゅしゅぎ

parliamentary democracy

議院内閣制

ぎいんないかくせい

parliamentary system of government

議員連盟

ぎいんれんめい

Diet members caucus

議士

ぎし

councillor

奪う

うばう

to absorb (one's attention)

奪い合う

うばいあう

to scramble for

目を奪う

めをうばう

to dazzle one's eyes