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How to say 'House of Councilors' in Japanese | 参議院

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The Japanese word for House of Councilors is 'Sangiin', written as 参議院 in Japanese.'House of Councilors' in hiragana is さんぎいん.

    word

    参議院

    Meaning

    House of Councilors

    Reading

    さんぎいん

    sangiin

    Kanji

    参Participate 議Deliberation 院Institution

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '参議院 (さんぎいん)' refers to the 'House of Councilors,' which is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. It is one of the two houses in the Japanese legislative system, along with the House of Representatives (衆議院, しゅうぎいん). The House of Councillors plays a key role in passing laws and overseeing the government. Example: Members of the House of Councillors are directly elected by the people 「参議院の議員は国民によって直接選ばれる」 (さんぎいんのぎいんはこくみんによってちょくせつえらばれる). The House of Councillors has 242 seats 「参議院は242議席ある」 (さんぎいんは242ぎせきある).

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N3

    Kanji Grade

    4

    Frequency

    3697

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 参議院

This word contains 3 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    参

    Meaning

    Participate

  • kanji

    議

    Meaning

    Deliberation

  • kanji

    院

    Meaning

    Institution

Words Related to 参議院 Through the Kanji 参

These 9 Words contain the Kanji 参 as well.

  • word

    参照

    Meaning

    Reference

  • word

    参考

    Meaning

    Reference

  • word

    参加

    Meaning

    Participation

  • word

    参る

    Meaning

    Come, Go

  • word

    お参り

    Meaning

    Visit

  • word

    参考書

    Meaning

    Reference book

  • word

    人参

    Meaning

    Carrot

  • word

    持参

    Meaning

    Bringing

  • word

    墓参り

    Meaning

    Grave visiting

Words Related to 参議院 Through the Kanji 議

These 12 Words contain the Kanji 議 as well.

  • word

    会議

    Meaning

    Meeting

  • word

    議員

    Meaning

    Assembly member

  • word

    議会

    Meaning

    Parliament

  • word

    協議

    Meaning

    Consultation

  • word

    議長

    Meaning

    Chairperson

  • word

    議題

    Meaning

    Agenda

  • word

    議論

    Meaning

    Discussion

  • word

    抗議

    Meaning

    Protest

  • word

    審議

    Meaning

    Deliberation

  • word

    衆議院

    Meaning

    House of Representatives

  • word

    決議

    Meaning

    Resolution

  • word

    不思議

    Meaning

    Mysterious

Words Related to 参議院 Through the Kanji 院

These 9 Words contain the Kanji 院 as well.

  • word

    病院

    Meaning

    Hospital

  • word

    院

    Meaning

    Institution

  • word

    入院

    Meaning

    Hospitalization

  • word

    大学院

    Meaning

    Graduate school

  • word

    退院

    Meaning

    Discharge

  • word

    美容院

    Meaning

    Beauty salon

  • word

    衆議院

    Meaning

    House of Representatives

  • word

    寺院

    Meaning

    Temple

  • word

    院長

    Meaning

    Director

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