せんきょ
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
Verb (する)
1. election
Kanji used
select
raise and present
Pitch accent
んきょ
Top 7400
Composed of
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
action; behavior; behaviour; (arch.) recommendation (of a person for a position)
Used in vocabulary (55 in total)
election campaign
general election (of the lower house)
Examples (34 in total)
They have elected a new government.
The whole nation voted in the election.
He was chosen by election.
What was the outcome of the election?
The result of the election will be announced tomorrow.
It is difficult to calculate the results of the election.
The result of the election will soon be analyzed.
It is said that there will be an election soon.
He will run for the next year's election.
He won the election by a large majority.
It is apparent that he will win the election.
The results of the election will appear in the evening paper.
The sitting government is likely to win in the coming election.
There is little hope of his winning the election.
Is there any possibility that he'll win the election?
The candidate was disappointed at the outcome of the election.
The U.N. monitored the country's elections.
We were more or less disappointed about the election.
He was elected to the Senate in the last election.
The Labor Party's vote increased at last year's election.
They felt he had no chance to win the election.
The media has a lot of influence on the outcome of an election.
You must appeal to public opinion to win the election.
Some politicians never make good on campaign promises.
The campaign succeeded and he won the election.
Those present were all astonished at the results of the election.
Mr. Sato asked me many questions about the election.
Mary felt happy when she learned the results of the election.
In the next election, the Democratic Party is expected to get the better of the Republican Party.
Everyone was glued to the TV set as the election results came in.
The prime minister hinted at the possibility of an early election.
Personally, I don't think it makes any difference who wins the election.
The Conservative Party won the election in 1992.
He ran for Governor of the state four years ago.