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A3 Noun
参院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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参院は参議院の略語です。
House of Councillors is an abbreviation of House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan).
衆院と参院が国会を構成しています。
The House of Representatives and the House of Councillors constitute the National Diet.
参院の権限は衆院よりも弱いと聞きました。
I heard that the authority of the House of Councillors is weaker than that of the House of Representatives.
衆議院の行き過ぎを是正する役割を持つのが参院である。
The House of Councillors, which has the role of correcting the excesses of the House of Representatives, is the House of Councillors.
国会の審議をより慎重なものにするべく配置されたのが参院だとか。
It is said that the House of Councillors was established to make the deliberations of the National Diet more careful.
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