選挙

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

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

Conjugation of "選挙する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 選挙し せんきょし senkyo shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 選挙し せんきょし senkyo shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 選挙する せんきょする senkyo suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 選挙する せんきょする senkyo suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 選挙すれ せんきょすれ senkyo sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 選挙せよ¹
選挙しろ² 		せんきょせよ¹
せんきょしろ² 		senkyo seyo¹
senkyo shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 選挙される せんきょされる senkyo sareru
Causative 選挙させる
選挙さす 		せんきょさせる
せんきょさす 		senkyo saseru
senkyo sasu
Potential 選挙できる せんきょできる senkyo dekiru
Volitional 選挙しよう せんきょしよう senkyo shiyō
Negative 選挙しない せんきょしない senkyo shinai
Negative continuative 選挙せず せんきょせず senkyo sezu
Formal 選挙します せんきょします senkyo shimasu
Perfective 選挙した せんきょした senkyo shita
Conjunctive 選挙して せんきょして senkyo shite
Hypothetical conditional 選挙すれば せんきょすれば senkyo sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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