======= Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 11:01:16 +1000 (EST) ======= Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 13:52:47 +1000 (EST) (subtype) new (headw1) 州議選 (kana1) しゅうぎせん (english1) State election (reference) 州議 is number 9154 in your list of newspaper words containing kanji. About 69000 google hits. I came across 州議選 while looking for it. I would bet that 州議 is an abbreviation of 州議選. You don't have either. (comment) (name) Kevin Wayne Williams