候補者

Japanese

Kanji in this term
候	補	者
こう Grade: 4	ほ Grade: 6	しゃ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 候(こう)補(ほ) (kōho) + 者(しゃ) (-sha).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーほしゃ [kòóhóꜜshà] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːho̞ɕa̠]

Noun

候(こう)補(ほ)者(しゃ) • (kōhosha) ^{←こうほしや (koufosya)^?}

(politics) candidate (a person who is running in an election or who is applying to a position for a job)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ “候補者”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

Korean

Hanja in this term
候	補	者

Noun

候補者 • (huboja) (hangeul 후보자)

hanja form^? of 후보자 (“candidate”)