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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

抽ちゅう選せん

chuusen

lottery, drawing of lots

Example sentences

  1. アンケートにお答こたえいただいた方かたの中なかから、毎月まいつき抽選ちゅうせんで30名様めいさまに1万円分まんえんぶんの商品券しょうひんけんをプレゼントいたします。

    A draw is held for those who have participated in our survey. Every month, thirty people will be chosen at random and presented with a gift voucher to the value of 10,000 Yen.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 多数応募たすうおうぼがある場合ばあいは抽選ちゅうせんとなる。

    Volunteer groups will be decided by lot if many apply.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. さらに年賀ねんがはがきと同様どうよう、抽選ちゅうせんで景品けいひんが当あたるようになっている。

    It has a lottery number to win a prize as New Year postcards.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 抽選

  • 抽pluck; pullOnチュウKunひき-
  • 選elect; selectOnセンKunえらぶ・える・よる

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