Word Meaning 参議院

さんぎいん sangiin

参議院 is read as さんぎいん (sangiin) and means House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan).

Meaning

English

House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)

Reading

Kana

さんぎいん

Romaji

sangiin

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 38 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Antonyms 衆議院 Related Words 参議院議員,三十歳 Rank 2507 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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参院議員

さんいんぎいん

member of the House of Councillors

参議院議員

さんぎいんぎいん

member of the House of Councillors

参議院選挙

さんぎいんせんきょ

House of Councillors election

連邦参議院

れんぽうさんぎいん

Bundesrat (lower house of the German parliament)

参院

さんいん

House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)

参議

さんぎ

participation in government

参院選

さんいんせん

House of Councillors election

議院

ぎいん

house (of parliament, etc.)

議会上院

ぎかいじょういん

upper house

議会下院

ぎかいかいん

lower house (parliament, congress, diet)

集議院

しゅうぎいん

initial Meiji-era legislative body (1869-1873)

両議院

りょうぎいん

both houses of parliament

Example Sentences

今週は参議院選挙が開かれる。

The house of councillors election opens this week.