参院
Common
Noun
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
abbreviation
House of Councillors (upper house of the National Diet of Japan)
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参議院 (さんぎいん)
憲法の規定に従い衆院の議決が参院に優越する。
Under the Constitution, the lower chamber's resolutions override those of the upper chamber.