不在者投票

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不	在	者	投	票
ふ Grade: 4	ざい Grade: 5	しゃ Grade: 3	とう Grade: 3	ひょう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
不在者投票 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 不在者(ふざいしゃ) (fuzaisha, “absentee”) and 投票(とうひょう) (tōhyō, “vote”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふざいしゃと​ーひょー [fùzáíshá tóꜜòhyòò] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝza̠iɕa̠ to̞ːço̞ː]

Noun

不(ふ)在(ざい)者(しゃ)投(とう)票(ひょう) • (fuzaisha tōhyō) 

1. a method of casting a voting ballot without attending an official place of voting; absentee voting