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May 20, 2013
Japan Ruling Bloc Loses in Saitama Mayoral Election
Tokyo, May 20 (Jiji Press)--The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its New Komeito ally lost the latest mayoral election in Saitama, ahead of this summer's House of Councillors election, a key national poll in which the ruling coalition aims to win a majority in the opposition-controlled upper chamber of the Diet.
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（例文） The struggling bank was in desperate need of emergency funding to stave off imminent bankruptcy.
「なんとかして食い止める」という意味。例文は「不振にあえぐその銀行は、差し迫った経営破綻を回避するため急場の資金を必要としていた」と訳すことができます。
