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参院(さんいん)House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)

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      House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)

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    参院 【さんいん】

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      参院(さんいん)参議(さんぎ)(いん)略語(りゃくご)です。

      House of Councillors is an abbreviation of House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan).

      衆院(しゅういん)参院(さんいん)国会(こっかい)構成(こうせい)しています。

      The House of Representatives and the House of Councillors constitute the National Diet.

        参院(さんいん)権限(けんげん)衆院(しゅういん)よりも(よわ)いと()きました。

        I heard that the authority of the House of Councillors is weaker than that of the House of Representatives.

        衆議院(しゅうぎいん)()()ぎを是正(ぜせい)する役割(やくわり)()つのが参院(さんいん)である。

        The House of Councillors, which has the role of correcting the excesses of the House of Representatives, is the House of Councillors.

          国会(こっかい)審議(しんぎ)をより慎重(しんちょう)なものにするべく配置(はいち)されたのが参院(さんいん)だとか。

          It is said that the House of Councillors was established to make the deliberations of the National Diet more careful.

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