次点
彼は次点で落選したHe finished [came in] next after the successful candidate(s).わずか50票の差で次点になったOnly fifty v...
じてんしゃ【次点者】
〔選挙で〕the top losing candidate；〔競技などで〕the runner-up ((複 runners-up))；the second-place finisher当選者の...
順当
順当な proper; natural; reasonable君は辞めるのが順当だIt is only proper that you should resign (from your post...
じゅんとうな【順当な】
proper; natural; reasonable君は辞めるのが順当だIt is only proper that you should resign (from your post).こ...
壮挙
a grand [great] project; a heroic attemptヨットによる世界一周の壮挙を成し遂げた［についた］He completed [is on] a grand ro...
繋がる
1〔物が結びつく〕舟は綱でつながっているThe boats are tied together with a rope.この村は鉄道で町につながっているThis village is linke...
強み
I〔強さの程度〕彼が参加したので私たちの運動に一段と強みが増したHis participation has strengthened our campaign even further.II〔長...
当選
1〔選挙に〕当選する be elected彼は東京１区から代議士に当選したHe was elected to the Diet from Tokyo's first district.（▼再選で...
買収
1〔買い取ること〕purchase買収する purchase政府に買収された建物a building bought up by the government企業買収a corporate tak...
独り舞台
I〔役者の〕弁慶の独り舞台だったBenkei had the stage all to himself.II〔思うまま〕父は独り舞台で当選したMy father has been elected...
