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Meaning of 落選(らくせん) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 落選

Kana Reading らくせん

Romaji rakusen

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

Meaning

election loss; rejection

Examples of 落選, らくせん in a sentence

彼は組んだ下位候補者が悪かったので落選しました。

He was dropped because of his running mate.
彼は私たちの予想に反して落選した。

He failed to get elected contrary to our expectation.

Related Kanji

落 JLPT 3

12 strokes

fall, drop, come down

On'Yomi: ラク

Kun'Yomi: お.ちる, お.ち, お.とす

選 JLPT 3

15 strokes

elect, select, choose, prefer

On'Yomi: セン

Kun'Yomi: えら.ぶ