じょういん – Vocabulary details

じょういん

Meanings

Noun

1. upper house; upper legislative chamber; senate

Alt. forms

上じょう院いん

100%

じょういん

Pitch accent

じょ

ういん

Composed of

じょう

from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best

いん

house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

Used in vocabulary (4 in total)

じょういんぎいん

member of the upper house; senator

じょういんぎかい

Senate

ぎかいじょういん

upper house; senate

べいじょういん

US Senate

Examples (1 in total)

イギリス国こっ会かいは下か院いんとじょういんとに分わかれている。