参議院(さんぎいん)

さんぎいん
noun
House of Councillors; upper house
formalpolitics
See also: 衆議院(しゅうぎいん) (lower house)
1. House of Councillors; upper house of the Japanese Diet
The upper house of the National Diet of Japan. Members serve six-year terms, with half elected every three years. It has 248 seats.
参議院(さんぎいん)選挙(せんきょ)は来月(らいげつ)だ。
The House of Councillors election is next month.
その法案(ほうあん)は参議院(さんぎいん)で否決(ひけつ)された。
The bill was rejected by the House of Councillors.
参議院(さんぎいん)議員(ぎいん)の任期(にんき)は六年(ろくねん)で、三年(さんねん)ごとに半数(はんすう)が改選(かいせん)される。
Members of the House of Councillors serve six-year terms, with half being re-elected every three years.

Usage

参議院(さんぎいん) is the upper house of Japan's bicameral 国会(こっかい) (National Diet). It is sometimes called the "house of careful deliberation" because it reviews legislation passed by the lower house.

Common collocations

  • 参議院(さんぎいん)選挙(せんきょ) (House of Councillors election)
  • 参議院(さんぎいん)議員(ぎいん) (member of the House of Councillors)
  • 参議院(さんぎいん)本会議(ほんかいぎ) (plenary session of the House of Councillors)

Common patterns

Japan's Diet consists of two houses: the 衆議院(しゅうぎいん) (House of Representatives, lower house) and the 参議院(さんぎいん) (House of Councillors, upper house). The lower house has greater legislative power.

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