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当選 (とうせん): being elected, winning the prize — Japanese vocabulary

当選 is read とうせん and means "being elected, winning the prize". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

当選

Reading
とうせん · tousen
Translation
being elected, winning the prize
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
とうせんが

Example

選挙運動は成功し、彼女は当選した。

せんきょうんどうはせいこうし、かのじょはとうせんした。

The campaign succeeded and she won the election.

Kanji in this word

  • 当 — hit, right
  • 選 — select, choose

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