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widow

1

to be profitable; to yield a profit

2

ill-natured; inconstancy

1

latest; most recent; nearest (in time)

2

transmission and reception; sending and receiving

3

business card

1

person concerned; person qualified; person in question; party; litigant (legal)

2

policy secretary

1

(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book

4

employee; employer; person hiring others

2

important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game

1

resigning from (public) office; going out of power (of a party); going into opposition

3

chief secretary (usu. of a party); secretary-general

1

recovery; rescue; recapture

1

to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity

1

ruling party; government party; party in power; government

17

(wanting something so badly that) one can almost taste it; (lit.) a hand reaches out from one's throat

1

law; legislation; act

5

American football

1

scandal

2

misgovernment

1

one by one; one after another; successively

2

censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming

1

offensive (movement); aggression

1

revised budget; supplementary budget

1

new order; new system

1

breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)

3

general election (of the lower house); fan popularity voting (esp. for idols); popularity contest

1

to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut

3

crushing defeat

1

camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment

1

raising an army; (lit.) raising a banner; launching a new group; launching a business; launching a new party

1

the new left (school of thought)

4

assembly; aggregation

3

parliamentary seat

1

doubling; double

2

at a stroke; with a single swoop

2

leading party (e.g. in parliament); dominant party

1

to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront

2

conservatives

4

new (political) party

1

Pacific needlefish (Strongylura anastomella)

1

political party

5

to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)

7

unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again

2

good opportunity; chance

5

conservative government; conservative administration

1

having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance

2

democracy; democratic nation

1

forte; strong point

3