Word Meaning 総選挙

そうせんきょ sousenkyo

総選挙 is read as そうせんきょ (sousenkyo) and means general election (of the lower house).

Meaning

English

general election (of the lower house)

Reading

Kana

そうせんきょ

Romaji

sousenkyo

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 39 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 8828 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

総統選挙

そうとうせんきょ

presidential election

解散総選挙

かいさんそうせんきょ

snap election

総力を挙げる

そうりょくをあげる

to devote all one's energies

総裁選

そうさいせん

presidential election

選挙

せんきょ

election

普通選挙

ふつうせんきょ

universal suffrage

直接選挙

ちょくせつせんきょ

direct election

間接選挙

かんせつせんきょ

indirect election

同時選挙

どうじせんきょ

double election (e.g. of the lower and higher chambers)

中間選挙

ちゅうかんせんきょ

midterm election

市長選挙

しちょうせんきょ

mayoral election

議会選挙

ぎかいせんきょ

parliamentary election

Example Sentences

総選挙がありそうだと言う噂が流れていた。

A general election was in the air.