Meaning
参議院 (さんぎいん, sangiin) is a JLPT N1 noun meaning “House of Councillors”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 6
彼は参議院議員です。
He is a member of the House of Councilors.
1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.
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.
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.