Word Meaning 参院

さんいん sanin

参院 is read as さんいん (sanin) 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

さんいん

Romaji

sanin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Antonyms 衆院 Rank 10047 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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参議院

さんぎいん

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

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

参院選

さんいんせん

House of Councillors election

参議院選挙

さんぎいんせんきょ

House of Councillors election

参院予算委員会

さんいんよさんいいんかい

Budget Committee of the upper house of the Diet

参院予算委

さんいんよさんい

Budget Committee of the upper house of the Diet

衆参各院

しゅうさんかくいん

(in) each of the houses of the Japanese parliament

衆参両院

しゅうさんりょういん

both houses of the Diet

連邦参議院

れんぽうさんぎいん

Bundesrat (lower house of the German parliament)

参

さん

three

参加

さんか

participation

Example Sentences

憲法の規定に従い衆院の議決が参院に優越する。

Under the Constitution, the lower chamber's resolutions override those of the upper chamber.