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. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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