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In a newspaper article about i stumbled on this phrase:

> 参院は、まがりなりにも「良識の府」「再考の府」と言われてきた。

The context is that a bill has been passed from the Lower House of the Diet
(衆院) to the Upper House of the Diet (参院). Passing the 衆院 is the bigger hurdle,
so the 参院-matters are deemed less important.

In an japanese-german online dictionary i found the same translation for 参院
and 良識の府, meaning Upper House. Since 良識 also means "good sense", is 良識の府 the
"government of good sense", so some kind of wordplay?
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Is 良識の府 a wordplay for 参院?
According to [Wikipedia's page on
参議院](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%82%E8%AD%B0%E9%99%A2):

> 良い緊張感を保ちながら誠実な議論の積み重ねが行われる「良識の府」となることは参議院の一つの理想であるといえる
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> It is one ideal of the House of Councilors to become a "good sense of
> government" where accumulation of sincere debate is held while maintaining a
> good tension

I don't know that I would categorize it as 'wordplay'. Just another name for
that holds a more idealistic meaning. Same as 再考の府 is used to demonstrate
their function（法案の再度審議）.
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「良識の府」(and 「再考の府」) would be an
[epithet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epithet) for the House of Councillors
(参議院), the upper house of the Japanese Diet. (I think "the Seat of Good Sense"
may be a better translation.) There doesn't seem to be any wordplay involved
in it.
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