どぶ板選挙

Japanese

Kanji in this term
板 選 挙
いた
Grade: 3 		せん
Grade: 4 		きょ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi on'yomi
Alternative spellings
どぶ板選擧 (kyūjitai)
ドブ板選挙

Etymology

Compound of どぶ板(いた) (dobuita, “cover of drainage ditch”) + 選(せん)挙(きょ) (senkyo, “election”). A reference to candidates that visit each home walking over numerous drainage ditch covers (どぶ板(いた) (dobuita)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [do̞bɯ̟ita̠ sẽ̞ŋʲkʲo̞]

Noun

どぶ板(いた)選(せん)挙(きょ) • (dobuita senkyo) 

  1. (politics) election where candidates canvass by visiting each home
  2. (by extension, politics) election where candidates depend mainly on not election broadcasts nor the Internet, but stump oratory; traditional election
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