投とう票ひょう

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投票する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

General term for casting a vote in an election, survey, or decision-making process. Can be used as a noun or with する as an intransitive verb.

〈人ひと〉に投とう票ひょうするto vote for (a person)
多おおくの若わか者ものがその候こう補ほ者しゃに投とう票ひょうした。
Many young people voted for that candidate.
投とう票ひょうに行いくto go (to a polling place) to vote
朝あさ早はやく投とう票ひょうに行いった。
I went to vote early in the morning.
投とう票ひょう率りつが〈形けい容よう詞し〉the voter turnout is (high/low, etc.)
今こん回かいの選せん挙きょは投とう票ひょう率りつが低ひくかった。
Voter turnout was low in this election.
〈物もの〉を投とう票ひょう箱ばこに入いれるto put (a ballot) into the ballot box
彼かれは自じ分ぶんの票ひょうを投とう票ひょう箱ばこに入いれた。
He put his ballot into the ballot box.
投とう票ひょうを行おこなうto hold a vote; to conduct balloting
会かい議ぎでは新あたらしい規き則そくについて投とう票ひょうを行おこなった。
At the meeting, a vote was held on the new rule.

選せん挙きょN2
投票 refers to the act of casting a vote, while 選挙 refers to the overall election as an event or process.
開かい票ひょう
投票 is the act of casting a vote, while 開票 is the later process of opening ballot boxes and counting those votes.
決けっ選せん投とう票ひょう
投票 is the general word for 'voting/ballot', while 決選投票 specifically refers to a final, tie-breaking round of voting.
票ひょうN1
投票 refers to the act of voting or casting a ballot, while 票 is the individual vote or ballot itself (often used as a counter, e.g. 一票).

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採さい決けつN1
投票 is the general word for voting, such as in elections, while 採決 specifically means taking a formal vote in a meeting or legislative body.
一いっ票ぴょう
投票 refers to the general act of voting, while 一票 denotes a single, specific vote or ballot cast.
表ひょう決けつ
投票 is the general word for voting (elections, polls), while 表決 is the formal term used specifically for votes taken in meetings, committees, or parliaments.

無む投とう票ひょう
投票 means a vote is actually cast, while 無投票 describes an election decided with no vote at all because there's only one candidate.

選せん挙きょN2
選挙 is the election itself (the overall event), while 投票 is the specific act of casting a vote within that election.
票ひょうN1
票 refers to the physical ballot or the count of votes, whereas 投票 is the action of voting.
投とう票ひょう所しょ
投票 is the act of casting a vote, while 投票所 is the physical place where that voting happens.
得とく票ひょう
得票 means the votes a candidate receives, whereas 投票 means the act of casting a vote, so the two describe opposite ends of the same process.

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Compound of 投 (throw, cast) and 票 (ballot, vote), literally 'casting a ballot'. The reading is on'yomi.