参議院

See also: 参议院

Japanese

Kanji in this term
参	議	院
さん Grade: 4	ぎ Grade: 4	いん Grade: 3
kan'on		kan'yōon

Alternative spelling
參議院 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さんぎいん [sàńgíꜜìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [sã̠ŋʲɡʲiĩɴ]

Proper noun

参(さん)議(ぎ)院(いん) • (Sangiin) ^{←さんぎゐん (Sangiwin)?}

1. the House of Councillors (upper house of Japan's National Diet)

   参(さん)議(ぎ)院(いん)議(ぎ)員(いん)

   Sangīn gīn

   a Councillor; a member of the House of Councillors

Synonyms

• 参院(さんいん) (san'in)

Related terms

• 上(じょう)院(いん) (jōin, “upper house”)
• 議(ぎ)院(いん) (gīn, “parliamentary chamber”)
• 衆(しゅう)議(ぎ)院(いん) (Shūgīn, “House of Representatives”)
• 国(こっ)会(かい) (Kokkai, “National Diet”)