参議院
さんぎいん
sangiin
JMdict entry #1302210
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)
see: 衆議院
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
参議院はどんな改正案も通さなくても構わないようです。
sangi in ha don'na kaisei an mo toosa naku te mo kamawa nai you desu 。
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。
kosan giin tachi ha 、 senkyo de sangi in no giseki wo ushinai sou ni nari mashi ta 。
The old guard was nearly voted out of the Upper House.