りょういん
Meanings
Noun
1. both Houses of Parliament
Kanji used
both
institution
Pitch accent
りょ
ういん
りょ
ういん
Composed of
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
bicameral constitution; bicameralism; bicameral system
joint sitting of both houses (parliament, congress)
Examples (1 in total)
The bill passed both Houses.