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過半数 (かはんすう): majority — Japanese vocabulary

過半数 is read かはんすう and means "majority". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

過半数

Reading
かはんすう · kahansuu
Translation
majority
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
かはんすうがかはんすうが

Example

選挙では、それが誰であれ、過半数を得た候補者が当選とされる。

せんきょでは、それがだれであれ、かはんすうをえたこうほしゃがとうせんとされる。

In most elections, whichever candidate gets the majority of the votes, wins the election.

Kanji in this word

  • 過 — pass, exceed
  • 半 — half
  • 数 — Number, Strength, Fate

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