知事選が近い、候補者が走り回ってる

N3 知事 chiji governor, prefectural governor N5 近い chikai near, close N3 候補 kouho candidate, option, possibility N3 者 mono person, someone, individual N5 回 kai times

N4 知 chi / shi.ru, shi.raseru know, wisdom, savoir N4 事 ji, zu / koto, tsuka.u, tsuka.eru matter, thing, fact N3 選 sen / era.bu, e.ru, yo.ru elect, select, choose N4 近 kin, kon / chika.i near, early, akin N3 候 kou / sourou climate, season, weather N2 補 ho / ogina.u supplement, supply, make good N4 者 sha / mono someone, person, personne N4 走 sou / hashi.ru run, courir, correr N3 回 kai, e / mawa.ru, -mawa.ru, -mawa.ri, mawa.su, -mawa.su, mawa.shi-, -mawa.shi, motoo.ru, ka.eru -times, round, game

N5 〜ている te iru Indicates ongoing action, continuous state, repeated habit, or resulting condition depending on context N5 〜が ga Marks the grammatical subject, highlights new information, can also show slight contrast in some sentences