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 spelling
どぶ板選擧 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

• ドブ板(いた)選(せん)挙(きょ) (dobuita senkyo)

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): [do̞bɯ̟ᵝita̠ 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

Related terms

• 戸(こ)別(べつ)訪(ほう)問(もん) (kobetsu hōmon)
• 街(がい)頭(とう)演(えん)説(ぜつ) (gaitō enzetsu)
• 政(せい)見(けん)放(ほう)送(そう) (seiken hōsō)