Illustration: Inside a Japanese school gymnasium temporarily serving as a polling place, a voter lowers a folded ballot through the slot of a ballot box. Election staff sit at a nearby verification table, and several voters wait behind portable privacy booths.

JLPT N2suffixLevel estimated by Bebop

選せん

sen

election

Follows an office name, as in 市長選. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは市長しちょう選せんに立たつだろう。

    He will run for mayor.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 市長しちょう選せんは４年ねんごとに行おこなわれる。

    Voters cast their ballots for mayor every four years.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ウォルター・モンデールは大統領だいとうりょう選せんに出馬しゅつばした。

    Walter Mondale ran for President.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 選

  • 選elect; selectOnセンKunえらぶ・える・よる

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