どぶ板選挙

Japanese

Kanji in this term
板	選	挙
いた Grade: 3	せん Grade: 4	きょ Grade: 4
kun’yomi	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
どぶ板選擧 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

ドブ板(いた)選(せん)挙(きょ) (dobuita senkyo)

Etymology

Compound of どぶ板(いた) (dobuita, “cover of drainage ditch”) + 選(せん)挙(きょ) (senkyo, “election”). A reference to candidates that visit each home walking over numerous drainage ditch covers (どぶ板(いた) (dobuita)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [do̞bɯ̟ᵝita̠ sẽ̞ŋʲkʲo̞]

Noun

どぶ板(いた)選(せん)挙(きょ) • (dobuita senkyo)

(politics) election where candidates canvass by visiting each home
(by extension, politics) election where candidates depend mainly on not election broadcasts nor the Internet, but stump oratory; traditional election

Related terms

戸(こ)別(べつ)訪(ほう)問(もん) (kobetsu hōmon)
街(がい)頭(とう)演(えん)説(ぜつ) (gaitō enzetsu)
政(せい)見(けん)放(ほう)送(そう) (seiken hōsō)

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