らくせん
Rakusen
落選 (Rakusen) is a Japanese noun meaning “failing to be elected, election defeat, losing an election, not being accepted (for a prize, exhibition, etc.)”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbfailing to be elected; election defeat; losing an election
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbnot being accepted (for a prize, exhibition, etc.); rejection; failing to win a prize
Examples
彼は私たちの予想に反して落選した。
He failed to get elected contrary to our expectation.
彼は組んだ下位候補者が悪かったので落選しました。
He was dropped because of his running mate.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).