Japanese symbol for “referendum”
一般投票
いっぱんとうひょう
Romaji: ippantouhyou
referendum; popular vote; plebiscite
In Japanese, referendum is 一般投票, read いっぱんとうひょう (ippantouhyou).
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Meanings
- n referendum; popular vote; plebiscite
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “referendum”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| レファレンダム | レファレンダム refarendamu | referendum |
| 人民投票 | じんみんとうひょう jinmintouhyou | plebiscite; referendum |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一緒 | いっしょ issho | (doing) together |
| 一番 | いちばん ichiban | number one; first; first place |
| 一つ | ひとつ hitotsu | one |
| 一般 | いっぱん ippan | general; universal |
| 一部 | いちぶ ichibu | one part; one portion; one section |
| 一方 | いっぽう ippou | one (esp. of two); the other; one way |
| 全般 | ぜんぱん zenpan | (the) whole |
| 一般人 | いっぱんじん ippanjin | ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity |
| 投票 | とうひょう touhyou | voting; ballot; poll |
| 得票 | とくひょう tokuhyou | number of votes polled; poll votes |
See also: Chinese symbol for “referendum”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.