jpdb beta

hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible

1

figure of speech

2

cackling (sound of shrill laughter)

1

to come back (to); to return to a starting point

1

election campaign strategy; election tactics

1

boohoo; boo hoo; waa waa

1

to be ready to cry; to be on the point of tears

1

one's own effort

1

election loss; rejection

3

good night

1

careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous

1

adjournment; pause; moratorium; temporary suspension

1

impossible

3

to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome

1

Tanaka

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grassroots door-to-door election campaign

1

running (for election); coming forward as a candidate; going on horseback; going in person; (arch.) letting out a horse; (arch.) taking out a horse

1

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

4

local authority; local government; locality; local self-governing body; municipality

1

head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir

1

to move up (e.g. date, rank, order); to be advanced; to be carried (of a number in addition)

1

dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine

1

campaign (vote-getting) speech (for a candidate)

1

structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance

2

morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious

1

rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

3

lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means

1

short term; short time

2

to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship

1

a period of two days

4

to count on; to anticipate; to expect

1

previously; already; for some time; for quite a while

1

economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy

1

discussion; debate; argument

1

member of the Diet; Diet member; member of parliament; MP

1

financier; business leader

1

lecture (esp. special engagement by noted speaker); lecture meeting (event with one or more lectures)

1

chance (of success); odds

1

to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)

2

dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview

3

Committee for Election Administration

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how; in what way

1

round-the-world trip; circumnavigation; globe-trotting

1

cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)

2

village

1

uncertain; vague; ambiguous

1

groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat

1

edict; public announcement

3

seventh day of the month; seven days

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speech meeting; oratorical meeting; meeting to hear a speech

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