noun
Bundesrat (German upper house)
Refers specifically to the German Bundesrat, the legislative body representing the federal states. Note: The Bundesrat is the upper house, not the lower house as sometimes mislabeled.
ドイツの連邦参議院は各州の代表で構成される。
The German Bundesrat is composed of representatives from each state.
連邦議会 is the general term for a federal parliament, while 連邦参議院 specifically denotes the Bundesrat, the upper house of the German parliament.
Compound of 連邦 (れんぽう, 'federation') and 参議院 (さんぎいん, 'House of Councillors'), modeled after the German Bundesrat.