らく
落
せん
選

noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. failing to be elected, election defeat, losing an election.
  2. not being accepted (for a prize, exhibition, etc.), rejection, failing to win a prize.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
らく
落
せん
選
 落選 らくせん ✔

Contained Kanji Breakdown

fall, drop, come down
お.ちる　ラク　おち (3rd, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
Kyoto, the capital
ラク (Kentei Pre-1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
each, every, either
カク　おのおの　かか (4th, N2)
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ　しゅう (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
elect, select, choose
セン　えら.ぶ　え.る (4th, N3)
southeast
たつみ　ソン (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
self
コ　おのれ　キ (6th, N1)
together, both, neither
とも　キョウ (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)