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参さん議ぎ院いん
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Noun
1. House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)
Kanji used
参admit defeat議deliberation院institution
Pitch accent
さんぎいん
Composed of
参さん
three; 3
Numeric
議ぎ院いん
parliament; congress; diet; house (of parliament, etc.); chamber
Noun
Used in vocabulary
参さん議ぎ院いん議ぎ員いん
member of the House of Councillors
Noun
参さん議ぎ院いん選せん挙きょ
House of Councillors election
Noun
連れん邦ぽう参さん議ぎ院いん
Bundesrat (lower house of the German parliament)
Noun
Examples2
The old guard was nearly voted out of the Upper House.
The Upper House seems bent on defeating any reform bills.