Practice JLPTMeaning
参議院 (さんぎいん, sangiin) is a JLPT N1 noun meaning “House of Councillors”.
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Example sentences 8
彼は 参議院 議員です。
He is a member of the House of Councilors.
後に参議院議長。
He later became the president of the House of Councilors.
参議院議員に当選。
He was elected as a member of the House of Councilors of the Diet.
期務めたあと参議院に転じた。
Having served a term as a member of the House of Representatives, he became a member of the House of Councillors.
衆議院議員（1期）、参議院議員（2期）。
He served as a member of the House of Representatives (for a term) and as a member of the House of Councillors (for two terms).1
参議院はどんな 改正 案も 通さない 構えないようです。
The Upper House seems bent on defeating any reform bills.
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.
参議院はしばしば良識の府とされている. The House of Councillors is sometimes referred to as “the House of Common Sense".国民は参議院議員選挙のために投票した. The Japanese people went to the polls to elect a new House of Councilors.議会は 2 院, すなわち参議院と衆議院より成る. The Diet consists of two Houses, namely the House of Councilors and the House of Representatives.参議院はどんな改正案も通さない構えないようです。
The Upper House seems bent on defeating any reform bills.