Illustration: Outside a neighborhood public hall during a local election campaign, a candidate wearing a plain sash stands on a small portable platform and addresses residents through a handheld microphone.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

立りっ候こう補ほ

rikkouho

to run for office

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは市長しちょうに立候補りっこうほした。

    I ran for mayor.

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  2. 彼かれは無所属むしょぞくで立候補りっこうほした。

    He ran as a candidate, independent of any party.

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  3. 学級委員長がっきゅういいんちょうに立候補りっこうほしたいの。

    I want to run for class president.

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Kanji in 立候補

  • 立stand; riseOnリツ・リュウ・リットルKunたつ・たち-・たてる
  • 候climate; seasonOnコウKunそうろう
  • 補supplement; compensateOnホKunおぎなう

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