二院制

二院制

Japanese

Kanji in this term
二	院	制
に Grade: 1	いん Grade: 3	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

From 二院 (niin, “two chambers”) +‎ 制 (-sei, “-cracy; -archy”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) にいんせー [nìíńséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iĩɰ̃se̞ː]

Noun

二(に)院(いん)制(せい) • (niinsei) ^{←にゐんせい (niwinsei)?}

1. Synonym of 両院制 (ryōinsei, “bicameralism”) (principle of dividing legislative body into two groups)