Illustration: At a neighborhood association meeting, members raise their hands to elect the same chairperson again. The familiar older woman sits in the chairperson's place, surprised and touched by the unanimous support around the table.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

再さい選せん

saisen

to reelect, to be reelected

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは市長しちょうに再選さいせんされた。

    He was elected mayor again.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれが再選さいせんされるのは確実かくじつだろう。

    His re-election seems certain.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. もっとも、貴族院議員きぞくいんぎいんの性質上せいしつじょう、再選さいせんを目指めざす必要ひつようがない議員ぎいんも多おおく、大半たいはんの場合ばあい、院内会派いんないかいはの拘束力こうそくりょくは弱よわかった。

    However, given the nature of the House of Peers, many members had no need to seek reelection; in most cases, factions within the house had little power to enforce discipline.

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

Kanji in 再選

  • 再again; twiceOnサイ・サKunふたたび
  • 選elect; selectOnセンKunえらぶ・える・よる

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