近いうちに選挙があるそうだ。

近いうちに選挙があるそうだ。

It is said that there will be an election soon.

近(ちか)いうちに選挙(せんきょ)があるそうだ。

Chikai uchini senkyo ga aru sō da.

近い (ちかい)

near; close; short (distance)

打ち荷 (うちに)

jettisoned cargo

選挙 (せんきょ)

election

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

そう (そう)

so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Readings: キン、コン、ちか.い

Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount

Readings: セン、えら.ぶ

Meanings: elect, select, choose, prefer

Readings: キョ、あ.げる、あ.がる、こぞ.る

Meanings: raise, plan, project, behavior, actions