jmdict 1041350 Active (id#2320257)
キャスティングボート； キャスチングボート； キャスティング・ボート； キャスチング・ボート
  1. [n]
    • casting vote
  2. [n]
    • balance of power (held by a minority party)
History:
    • A 2024-11-05 04:51:35 Jim Breen (id#2320257)
    • Comments
      Metaphor not used in English.
    • Diff
      @@ -18,0 +19,4 @@
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>balance of power (held by a minority party)</gloss>
    • A 2013-05-11 07:15:37 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      Added additional dotted reading(s) via batch update.Added additional dotted reading(s) via batch update.
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
    • Diff
      @@ -13,0 +13,3 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>キャスチング・ボート</reb>
+</r_ele>
    • A 2013-05-11 07:15:35 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      Added additional dotted reading(s) via batch update.Added additional dotted reading(s) via batch update.
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
    • Diff
      @@ -10,0 +10,3 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>キャスティング・ボート</reb>
+</r_ele>
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