どぶ板選挙

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 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”). It comes from that when candidates for a election canvass with visiting each homes, they walk over numerous cover of drainage ditch (どぶ板(いた) (dobuita)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [do̞bɯ̟ᵝita̠ sẽ̞ŋʲkʲo̞]

Noun

どぶ板選挙(いたせんきょ) • (dobuita senkyo) 

1. (politics) election that candidates canvass with visiting each homes
2. (by extension, politics) election that candidates mainly depend on not election broadcast or 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)