JLPT N1 · Noun

参議院 (sangiin)

参議院 (さんぎいん, sangiin) is a Japanese noun meaning “House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: さんぎいん
Romaji: sangiin
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

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

Example sentences

古参議員たちは、選挙で参議院の議席を失いそうになりました。

The old guard was nearly voted out of the Upper House.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 参議院

参

nonplussed, three (in documents), goingサン・シン・まい.る・まい- · 8 strokes

議

deliberation, consultation, debateギ · 20 strokes

院

Inst., institution, templeイン · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 参議院.

参るまいるto go参加さんかparticipation参考さんこうreference持参じさんbringingお参りおまいりvisit (to a shrine, grave, etc.)参照さんしょうreference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes)参上さんじょうcalling on会議かいぎmeeting会議室かいぎしつconference room議員ぎいんmember of an assembly議会ぎかいcongress議長ぎちょうchair議論ぎろんargument協議きょうぎconference

Source: JMdict entry 1302210 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.