さんいん
Meanings
Noun
1. House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)
Kanji used
admit defeat
deliberation
institution
Pitch accent
んぎ
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Composed of
three; 3
parliament; congress; diet; house (of parliament, etc.); chamber
Composed of
participation in government; state councillor (in the ritsuryo system); state councilor; vice-minister (early Meiji period); Cabinet Councillor (1937-1943); Cabinet Councilor
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
member of the House of Councillors
House of Councillors election
Bundesrat (lower house of the German parliament)