Word Meaning 下院

かいん kain

下院 is read as かいん (kain) and means lower house.

Meaning

English

lower house
lower legislative chamber

Reading

Kana

かいん

Romaji

kain

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Antonyms 上院 Rank 11134 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

下院議長

かいんぎちょう

Speaker of the House (US, etc.)

下院議員

かいんぎいん

member of the lower house

下院議

かいんぎ

lower house (of Parliament, etc.)

議会下院

ぎかいかいん

lower house (parliament, congress, diet)

上下両院

じょうげりょういん

upper and lower houses of parliament

下手

へた

imprudent

下手

したで

underarm grip on opponent's belt

下町

したまち

Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)

下着

したぎ

underwear

下品

げひん

vulgar

下手くそ

へたくそ

unskilled

下界

げかい

this world (as opposed to heaven)