| Word | Reading | Meaning |
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| 挙げる | あげる | to raise, to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.), to launch (fireworks, etc.), to surface (a submarine, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry; to show someone (into a room); (uk) to summon (for geishas, etc.); to send someone (away); to enrol (one's child in school) (enroll); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to make (a loud sound), to raise (one's voice); to earn (something desirable); to praise; to give (an example, etc.), to cite; to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.); to arrest; to nominate; to give; to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.); to bear (a child); to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding); (of the tide) to come in; to vomit; (after the -te form of a verb) to do for (the sake of someone else); (after the -masu stem of a verb) to complete; used after the -masu stem of a humble verb to increase the level of humility |
| 選挙 | せんきょ | election |
| 総選挙 | そうせんきょ | general election (of the lower house) |
| 小選挙区 | しょうせんきょく | small electoral district, single-member constituency |
| 一挙 | いっきょ | one effort, one action |
| 選挙戦 | せんきょせん | election campaign |
| 挙がる | あがる | to rise, to go up, to come up, to ascend, to be raised; to enter (esp. from outdoors), to come in, to go in; to enter (a school), to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water), to come ashore; to increase; to improve, to make progress; to be promoted, to advance; to be made (of profit, etc.); to occur (esp. of a favourable result); to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); to be finished, to be done, to be over; (of rain) to stop, to lift; to stop (working properly), to cut out, to give out, to die; to win (in a card game, etc.); to be arrested; to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to be deep fried; to be spoken loudly; to get stage fright; to be offered (to the gods, etc.); to go, to visit; to eat, to drink; to be listed (as a candidate); to serve (in one's master's home); (in Kyoto) to go north; (after the -masu stem of a verb) indicates completion |
| 選挙運動 | せんきょうんどう | participation in election campaign |
| 快挙 | かいきょ | brilliant achievement |
| 選挙権 | せんきょけん | suffrage |
