参院
Meanings
1
House of Councillors; Japan's upper house
abbreviation
Abbreviation of 参議院, the upper house of Japan's National Diet. Very common in headlines and political contexts, as in 参院選 and 参院本会議.
See also: 参議院
The bill was passed in the House of Councillors.
The ruling party announced its candidates for the House of Councillors election.
Usage patterns
- 参院で〈事〉を審議するto deliberate on something in the House of Councillors
The Diet deliberated the budget bill in the House of Councillors.
- 参院選に立候補するto run as a candidate in the House of Councillors election
He ran as a candidate in the House of Councillors election.