Word Meaning 議院

ぎいん giin

議院 is read as ぎいん (giin) and means house (of parliament, etc.).

Meaning

English

house (of parliament, etc.)
chamber
parliament
congress
diet

Reading

Kana

ぎいん

Romaji

giin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 11295 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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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)

参議院

さんぎいん

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

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

議院運営委員会

ぎいんうんえいいいんかい

Committee on Rules and Administration (Diet)

議院内閣制

ぎいんないかくせい

parliamentary system of government

議院運営委員長

ぎいんうんえいいいんちょう

House Steering Committee Chairman

衆議院

しゅうぎいん

House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)

連邦参議院

れんぽうさんぎいん

Bundesrat (lower house of the German parliament)

院議

いんぎ

legislative decision

上院議会

じょういんぎかい

Senate

Example Sentences

今週は参議院選挙が開かれる。

The house of councillors election opens this week.