8 September 安倍総理が辞任表明 持病が再発、最長政権に幕

Question 1

隠喩

Answer 1

いんゆ metaphor

Question 2

辞任

Answer 2

じにん resignation (from a position) (n, vs)

Question 3

表明

Answer 3

ひょうめい declaration, announcement (n, vs)

Question 4

持病

Answer 4

じびょう chronic disease

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再発

Answer 5

さいはつ return, relapse, recurrence (n, vs)

Question 6

政権

Answer 6

せいけん (political) administration, political power

Question 7

幕

Answer 7

まく curtain

Question 8

記者会見

Answer 8

きしゃかいけん press conference

Question 9

潰瘍性大腸炎

Answer 9

かいようせいだいちょうえん ulcerative colitis

Question 10

判断

Answer 10

はんだんjudgement, decision (n, vs)

Question 11

誤る

Answer 11

あやまる to make a mistake, to err (v5r, vi)

Question 12

歴代

Answer 12

れきだい successive generations (n, adj-no)

Question 13

幕を引く

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まくをひく to draw the curtain closed, to come to an end (v5k, expression)

Question 14

後任

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こうにん successor (n, adj-no)

Question 15

国会議員

Answer 15

こっかいぎいん member of the Diet, of parliament

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政党

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せいとう political party

Question 17

衆議院

Answer 17

しゅうぎいん House of Representatives (lower house)

Question 18

参議院

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さんぎいん House of Councillors (Upper House)

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自民党

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じみんとう (abbr) Liberal Democratic Party, LDP （自由民主党）

Question 20

総裁

Answer 20

そうさい party leader (esp. LDP)

Question 21

選挙

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せんきょ election (n, vs, adj-no)

Question 22

出馬

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しゅつば running (for election), coming forward as a candidate (n, vs)

Question 23

争い

Answer 23

あらそい contest

Question 24

官房長官

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かんぼうちょうかん Chief Cabinet Secretary

Question 25

立候補

Answer 25

りっこうほ announcing candidacy, becoming a candidate (n, vs)

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政務調査会長

Answer 26

せいむちょうさかいちょう Policy Research Council Chairman

Question 27

固める

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かためる to swear, to resolutely vow; to harden; to put together, to collect or gather (v1, vt)

Question 28

幹事長

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かんじちょう chief secretary (usually of a party)

Question 29

両院

Answer 29

りょういん both Houses of Parliament

Question 30

議員

Answer 30

ぎいん member of an assembly, member of the Diet, member of parliament

Question 31

総会

Answer 31

そうかい general meeting

Question 32

選出

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せんしゅつ election, selection, choice (n, vs)

Question 33

見通し

Answer 33

みとおし prospect