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Illustration of 抽選

抽選ちゅうせん

ちゅうせん chuusen Play N1 Noun Suru verb Intransitive

くじを引いて、当選者や順番などを決めること。 lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots)

Example 1

抽選で旅行券が当たった。

I won a travel voucher in a lottery.

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Example 2

応募者が多かったので、参加者は抽選で決めました。

Because there were many applicants, we selected the participants by lottery.

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Kanji breakdown

抽

N1

pluck; pull; extract; excel

On reading
チュウ
Kun reading
ひき-
Radical
手

選

N3

elect; select; choose; prefer

On reading
セン
Kun reading
えら.ぶ、え.る、よ.る
Radical
辵
Illustration of 当選
N1

とうせん

being elected; winning the prize

Illustration of 選挙
N1

せんきょ

election

Illustration of 選考
N1

せんこう

selection; screening

Illustration of 選ぶ
N4

えらぶ

to choose

Illustration of 選手
N3

せんしゅ

player (in game); team