Illustration: In a school assembly room, election volunteers finish sorting portrait ballots into piles beneath two candidates’ photographs. One candidate’s pile is overwhelmingly larger.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

当とう選せん

tousen

to be elected

Example sentences

私わたしが投票とうひょうした候補者こうほしゃは当選とうせんした。
The candidate whom I cast a vote for was elected.
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彼女かのじょの当選とうせんは確実かくじつだ。
Her election is in the bag.
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次つぎの選挙せんきょでは彼かれが当選とうせんするだろう。
He’ll probably win in the next election.
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Kanji in 当選

当hit; appropriateOnトウKunあたる・あたり・あてる
選elect; selectOnセンKunえらぶ・える・よる

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