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選挙 |
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| senkyo | せんきょ | |
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| election | |
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彼は選挙で大勝した。
kare wa senkyo de taishō shi ta. He won the election by a large majority. |
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彼は選挙で苦戦している。
kare wa senkyo de kusen shi te iru. He is fighting with his back to the wall in the election. |
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彼は選挙によって選ばれた。
kare wa senkyo niyotte eraba re ta. He was chosen by election. |
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彼はその選挙に勝算がある。
kare wa sono senkyo ni shōsan ga aru. He has the election under his belt. |
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選挙に勝つには「見た目」が何割?
senkyo ni katsu ni wa ' mitame ' ga nan wari? How much of winning an election is down to looks? |
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与党は前の選挙で過半数を占めた。
yotō wa mae no senkyo de kahansū o shime ta. The government got their majority at the last election. |
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彼はその選挙で対立候補を破った。
kare wa sono senkyo de tairitsu kōho o yabutta. He defeated his opponent in the election. |
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去年の選挙で労働党の票数が増えた。
kyonen no senkyo de rōdōtō no hyōsū ga fue ta. The Labor Party's vote increased at last year's election. |
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彼は来年の選挙に立候補するだろう。
kare wa rainen no senkyo ni rikkōho suru daro u. He will run for the next year's election. |
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彼は今度の選挙には立たないだろう。
kare wa kondo no senkyo ni wa tata nai daro u. He is not running in the coming election. |
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彼が選挙に勝つ望みはほとんどない。
kare ga senkyo ni katsu nozomi wa hotondo nai. There is little hope of his winning the election. | There's hardly any hope that he'll win the election. |
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彼が選挙に勝つ見込みはありますか。
kare ga senkyo ni katsu mikomi wa ari masu ka. Is there any possibility that he'll win the election? |
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選挙で小泉氏はすでに安全圏に入った。
senkyo de koizumi shi wa sudeni anzen ken ni haitta. Mr Koizumi is now sure of election. |
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彼は前回の選挙で上院議員に当選した。
kare wa zenkai no senkyo de jōin gīn ni tōsen shi ta. He was elected to the Senate in the last election. |
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彼は選挙運動を戦い勝利を手に入れた。
kare wa senkyo undō o tatakai shōri o te ni ire ta. He fought a successful election campaign. |
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彼は選挙で勝利を収めるのは明らかだ。
kare wa senkyo de shōri o osameru no wa akiraka da. It is apparent that he will win the election. |
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彼は今度の選挙で職に復帰するだろう。
kare wa kondo no senkyo de shoku ni fukki suru daro u. He will get his job back at the next election. |
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彼は大統領選挙に出馬しないことに決めた。
kare wa daitōryō senkyo ni jutsuba shi nai koto ni kime ta. He chose not to run for the presidential election. |
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彼は増税反対の立場をとったことで、選挙戦に決着をつけました。
kare wa zōzei hantai no tachiba o totta koto de, senkyo sen ni kecchaku o tsuke mashi ta. He clinched the election when he came out against a tax increase. |
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| Examples sourced from tatoeba.org |

