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drabbing 大敗、完敗

IT IS the worst ever electoral drubbing for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and an emphatic rejection of everything Shinzo Abe, prime minister since last September, seems to represent to Japan’s voters.

unwell 体調がすぐれない

On election night he did not even come out to thank voters. His party said Mr Ozawa, a former heavy smoker with heart problems, was unwell. Others more uncharitably put it down to arrogance.