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参議院 (さんぎいん): House of Councilors — Japanese vocabulary

参議院 is read さんぎいん and means "House of Councilors". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

参議院

Reading
さんぎいん · sangiin
Translation
House of Councilors
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
さんぎいんが

Example

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。

こさんぎいんたちは、せんきょでさんぎいんのぎせきをうしないそうになりました。

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

Kanji in this word

  • 参 — visit, attend
  • 議 — discuss, deliberate
  • 院 — institution

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