上院 – Vocabulary details

上じょう院いん

Meanings

Noun

1. upper house; upper legislative chamber; senate

Kanji used

上

above

院

institution

Pitch accent

じょ

ういん

Used in: 40

Composed of

上じょう

from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best

院いん

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)

上じょう院いん議ぎ員いん

member of the upper house; senator

上じょう院いん議ぎ会かい

Senate

議ぎ会かい上じょう院いん

upper house; senate

米べい上じょう院いん

US Senate

Examples (1 in total)

イギリス国こっ会かいは下か院いんと上じょう院いんとに分わかれている。