動議

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 動議 is read as どうぎ and means “motion”.
• Basic usage: It denotes a committee member proposing a motion and that motion being defeated in a vote.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 動議を出す / 動議が否決される
  • Use 動議を出す for submitting it and 動議が否決される for its voting outcome.