選挙

See also: 選舉

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(せん)(きょ) (senkyo) 

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

Derived terms

Verb

(せん)(きょ)する (senkyo suru) suru (stem (せん)(きょ) (senkyo shi), past (せん)(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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