復活当選

Reading

Kana: ふっかつとうせん

Romaji: fukkatsutousen

Definition

noun

vs

1

failing to win an electoral seat in a single-member constituency, but winning a seat in a proportionally represented constituency

Kanji

復

Readings: フク、 また

Meanings: restore, return to, revert, resume

活

Readings: カツ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける

Meanings: lively, resuscitation, being helped, living

当

Readings: トウ、 あ.たる、 あ.たり、 あ.てる、 あ.て、 まさ.に、 まさ.にべし

Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself

選

Readings: セン、 えら.ぶ

Meanings: elect, select, choose, prefer