projected to win; sure to be elected; home free
close contest; close match; close game; close combat
ideal weather for an outing
motive power; driving force
mobilization; mobilisation
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
results of the vote count
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
central part; heart (of a city, etc.)
counting ballots; tally (of votes)
about here; in this neighborhood
main theater of war; principal battlefield; main market; principal area of competition
announcer; presenter; broadcaster; in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows
being projected to win; being certain to be elected; being sure of being elected
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
all-night vigil over a body; wake
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
sales promotion; hard selling
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
copy; duplicate; facsimile; cc (on e-mails); carbon copy
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely
long-established; old-established; traditional
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese green pheasant
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base
improvement in image (of someone or something); improving one's image