立りっ候こう補ほ

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立候補する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	立りっ候こう補ほする	立りっ候こう補ほしない
Polite	立りっ候こう補ほします	立りっ候こう補ほしません
Past polite	立りっ候こう補ほしました	立りっ候こう補ほしませんでした
Past	立りっ候こう補ほした	立りっ候こう補ほしなかった
Te-form	立りっ候こう補ほして	立りっ候こう補ほしないで
Desire	立りっ候こう補ほしたい	立りっ候こう補ほしたくない
Potential	立りっ候こう補ほできる	立りっ候こう補ほできない
Passive	立りっ候こう補ほされる	立りっ候こう補ほされない
Causative	立りっ候こう補ほさせる	立りっ候こう補ほさせない
Causative passive	立りっ候こう補ほさせられる	立りっ候こう補ほさせられない
Volitional	立りっ候こう補ほしよう
Polite volitional	立りっ候こう補ほしましょう
Imperative	立りっ候こう補ほしろ	立りっ候こう補ほするな
Conditional	立りっ候こう補ほすれば	立りっ候こう補ほしなければ
Tara conditional	立りっ候こう補ほしたら	立りっ候こう補ほしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (for an event)

Used for formally announcing one's candidacy in an election or bidding to host a large event such as the Olympics. Often appears as 立候補する.

彼かれは市し長ちょう選せんに立りっ候こう補ほすることを表ひょう明めいした。
He announced that he will run in the mayoral election.
東とう京きょうはオリンピック開かい催さいに立りっ候こう補ほした。
Tokyo bid to host the Olympics.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に立りっ候こう補ほするto run as a candidate for (an election, office, bid, etc.)
彼かれは市し長ちょう選せん挙きょに立りっ候こう補ほする。
He is running as a candidate for mayor.
立りっ候こう補ほを表ひょう明めいするto announce one's candidacy
彼かれは次つぎの選せん挙きょへの立りっ候こう補ほを表ひょう明めいした。
He announced his candidacy for the next election.
立りっ候こう補ほを取とり下さげるto withdraw one's candidacy
健けん康こう上じょうの理り由ゆうで立りっ候こう補ほを取とり下さげた。
He withdrew his candidacy for health reasons.

Kanji

立stand up, rise, set up
候climate, season, weather
補supplement, supply, make good

Related words

出しゅつ馬ば
立候補 is the neutral, formal term for declaring one's candidacy, while 出馬 has a more dramatic 'entering the race' flavor and is often used for high-profile elections.
候こう補ほN3
候補 refers broadly to being a candidate or option under consideration, whereas 立候補 specifically means the act of formally declaring one's candidacy.
自じ薦せん
立候補 means declaring oneself a candidate, typically in an election, while 自薦 is broader and covers any self-nomination such as for an award or committee.

Don't confuse with

候こう補ほN3
立候補 is the act of declaring oneself a candidate or running for office, while 候補 is the candidate or status itself, not the act of entering.

Word family

立りっ候こう補ほ者しゃ
candidate (for an election)
重ちょう複ふく立りっ候こう補ほ
dual candidacy; simultaneous candidacy in single-seat and proportional representation districts

Etymology

Compound of 立 (stand, establish) and 候補 (candidate, from 候 'sign, wait' and 補 'supplement, fill a post'). The historical derivation is straightforward; the word has been used in modern Japanese for declaring candidacy since the Meiji period.