ヨトウ
Meanings
Noun
1. ruling party; government party; party in power; government
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
Diet member from the ruling parties; member of parliament in the governing party; ruling party legislator
parties in government; the government and the ruling parties
ruling coalition party
ruling coalition
minority party in power; minority government
Examples (3 in total)
The sitting government is likely to win in the coming election.
Mr Koizumi was elected the new president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
The party in power is corrupt, but the opposition is little better.