立候補 – vocab dash

立りっ候こう補ほ

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Meanings

Noun

Suru verb

Intransitive verb

1. candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)

Kanji used

Pitch accent

りっこうほ

Used in vocabulary

candidate (for an election)

Noun

simultaneously running for a seat in a single-member constituency and a seat in a proportionally represented constituency

Noun

Examples21

私わたしは大だい統とう領りょうに立りっ候こう補ほするのを諦あきらめた。

I gave up running for president.

彼かれは来らい年ねんの選せん挙きょに立りっ候こう補ほするだろう。

He will run for the next year's election.

彼かれは大だい統とう領りょうに立りっ候こう補ほするだろう。

He is going to run for the Presidency.

彼かれは市し長ちょうに立りっ候こう補ほするつもりだ。

He is going to run for mayor.

彼かれは市し長ちょうに立りっ候こう補ほするそうだ。

They say that he will run for mayor.

彼かれは立りっ候こう補ほの意い志しがないことを友とも達だちたちに知しらせた。

He made it known to his friends that he was unwilling to run for the election.