互選

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 互選, read ごせん, combines 互 (mutual) and 選 (selection).
• Basic usage: It describes members of a group electing a representative or officers from among themselves.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Method of selection
  • 委員の互選によって means through election by the committee members from among themselves.
  • によって marks how the representative was chosen.
• Who can be chosen
  • In 会員の中から互選される, officers are elected from within the membership.
  • The passive form centers the officers being chosen.
• Compared with election in general
  • 選挙 broadly names an election, while 互選 highlights the members selecting someone from their own group.