7月29日 米大統領選 郵便投票の利点を生かせるか

Question 1

郵便投票

Answer 1

ゆうびんとうひょう

Postal voting

Question 2

利点

Answer 2

りてん

Advantage, point in favour

Question 3

公正

Answer 3

こうせい
Justice, fairness, impartiality
( n, adj-na)

Question 4

迅速

Answer 4

じんそく
Quick, fast, rapid, swift, prompt,
streamlined, expedited

Question 5

防ぐ

Answer 5

ふせぐ
to prevent, to avert
( v5g, vt)

Question 6

投開票

Answer 6

とうかいひょう
Casting and counting votes
( n, vs)

Question 7

かつ

Answer 7

and moreover, besides, as well as, at the same time

conjunction, adv

Question 8

焦点

Answer 8

しょうてん
focus (e.g. photographic), focal point
( n, adj-no)

Question 9

送付

Answer 9

そうふ
sending (esp. email attachments), forwarding, remitting
( n, vs)

Question 10

指定

Answer 10

してい

Designation, specification, pointing at, assignment

Question 11

投函

Answer 11

とうかん
mailing, posting
( n, vs)

Question 12

避けること

Answer 12

さけること

avoidance, turning away, shunning

Question 13

不在者投票

Answer 13

ふざいしゃとうひょう

absentee ballot

Question 14

仕組み

Answer 14

しくみ
structure, construction, arrangement, contrivance, mechanism, workings, plan, plot
( n, vs)

Question 15

整える

Answer 15

ととのえる
to put in order, to arrange, to tidy up,
to adjust, to work out (e.g. a business deal)
(v1, vt)

Question 16

用紙

Answer 16

ようし

blank form, sheet of paper

Question 17

返送

Answer 17

へんそう
sending back, return to sender
( n, vs)

Question 18

手段

Answer 18

しゅだん

means, way, measure

Question 19

導入

Answer 19

どうにゅう

Introduction, bringing in

Question 20

投票総数

Answer 20

とうひょうそうすう

Total number of votes cast

Question 21

登録

Answer 21

とうろく

registration, register, record

Question 22

促進

Answer 22

そくしん

promotion, acceleration, encouragement, facilitation

Question 23

気配

Answer 23

けはい

indication, sign, hint, presence, trend

Question 24

前回

Answer 24

ぜんかい
previous time, last time, previous instalment
( n-adv, n-temp)

Question 25

有権者

Answer 25

ゆうけんしゃ

voter, elector, constituent, the electorate

Question 26

推進

Answer 26

すいしん

promotion, furtherance, drive

Question 27

是非

Answer 27

ぜひ
certainly, without fail,
right and wrong, pros and cons

Question 28

与党

Answer 28

よとう

ruling party, party in power, government

Question 29

共和党

Answer 29

きょうわとう

US Republican Party

Question 30

民主党

Answer 30

みんしゅとう
Democratic Party (US or DPJ)

Question 31

方針

Answer 31

ほうしん

Policy, course, plan

Question 32

図る

Answer 32

はかる

to plan, to attempt, to devise, to conspire, to work towards

Question 33

目立つ

Answer 33

めだつ
to stand out, to be conspicuous
(v5t, vi)

Question 34

収まる

Answer 34

おさまる
to be contained (within), to settle down (into)
( v5r, vi)

Question 35

論

Answer 35

ろん
Debate, dispute, controversy, theory
( n, suffix)

Question 36

不正を

Answer 36

ふせいを

to cheat, to chisel

Question 37

偽造

Answer 37

ぎぞう

forgery, falsification, counterfeiting

Question 38

主張

Answer 38

しゅちょう
claim, insistence, assertion,
advocacy, emphasis, contention

Question 39

投票用紙🗳

Answer 39

とうひょうようし

Ballot paper

Question 40

野党

Answer 40

やとう

opposition party, political opposition

Question 41

候補

Answer 41

こうほ

candidate, contender, prospect, pick, choice, list

Question 42

拡充

Answer 42

かくじゅう
expansion
(n, vs, adj-no)

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唱える

Answer 43

となえる

to advocate, to advance

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支持基盤

Answer 44

しじきばん

one’s support base

Question 45

黒人

Answer 45

こくじん

Black person

Question 46

白人

Answer 46

はくじん

white person, Caucasian

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投票率

Answer 47

とうひょうりつ

voter turnout

Question 48

傾向がある

Answer 48

けいこうがある

to tend, to be given (to), to lean, to incline, to run

Question 49

中核

Answer 49

ちゅうかく

kernel, core, nucleus, centre

Question 50

支持層

Answer 50

しじそう

base support, substrate, supporting layer

Question 51

上昇

Answer 51

じょうしょう
rising, ascending, climbing
(n, vs, adj-no)

Question 52

陣営

Answer 52

じんえい
camp (group of same ideological beliefs), (political party) faction,
military camp, encampment

Question 53

うなずぐ

Answer 53

to nod, to agree

v5k, vi

Question 54

深める

Answer 54

ふかめる

to deepen, to intensify, to heighten

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しこり

Answer 55

lingering discomfort, uneasiness, bad aftertaste

Question 56

残す

Answer 56

のこす
to reserve, to leave (behind, over)
(v5s, vt)

Question 57

かねない

Answer 57

かねない

Could happen, no unlikely to

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なりすまし

Answer 58

identity fraud, forgery (e.g. of email), spoofing

Question 59

招く

Answer 59

まねく
to invite, to beckon, to bring on oneself, to result in
(v5k, vt)

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副大統領

Answer 60

ふくだいとうりょう
Vice President (of a country)

Question 61

中南米

Answer 61

ちゅうなんべい

Central and South America

Question 62

系

Answer 62

けい

system, lineage, group

Question 63

対立

Answer 63

たいりつ
confrontation, opposition, antagonism
( n, vs, adj-no)

Question 64

返信

Answer 64

へんしん

Reply (e.g. email, letter), answer

Question 65

封筒

Answer 65

ふうとう

envelope