選挙

See also: 選舉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
選 挙
せん
Grade: 4
きょ
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
選擧 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) せ​んきょ [séꜜǹkyò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sẽ̞ŋʲkʲo̞]

Noun

選(せん)挙(きょ) • (senkyo) 

  1. (politics) election
    選挙(せんきょ)に行(い)く
    senkyo ni iku
    to go to an official voting place (and cast a vote)
  2. (politics, informal) campaigning
    朝(あさ)から選挙(せんきょ)がうるさい。
    Asa kara senkyo ga urusai.
    The campaigning is irritatingly noisy even from early in the morning.

Derived terms

Verb

選(せん)挙(きょ)する • (senkyo suru) suru (stem 選(せん)挙(きょ)し (senkyo shi), past 選(せん)挙(きょ)した (senkyo shita))

  1. elect

Conjugation

See also

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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