衆参両院での過半数確保: securing a majority in both chambers of the Diet 議席を減らす 1: suffer loss 議席を減らす 2 lose the number of seats〔選挙で〕 大幅に議席を減らす: lose many seats〔選挙で〕 下院の過半数である＿議席を優に上回る: comfortably above the barrier of __ votes needed to win in the Lower House 過半数近くの議席を獲得する: win near majority 国会で大幅に議席を減らすこと: loss of a large number of Diet seats 徐々に薬の量を減らしながら薬を止める: gradually taper off the medication 過半数を確保する: assure oneself of a majority ＿議席を確保する: 1. retain __ seats 2. secure __ seats 過半数に＿議席足りない: 1. be __ seats short of a majority 2. lack __ seats to be in a majority 過半数を＿議席上回る: command a __-seat majority 下手ながらも: 1. in [after] a fashion 2. in [after] a sort 遭いながらも: in (the) face of〔～に〕 相当数の議席を確保する: win a substantial number of seats 辛くも＿議席を確保する: manage to secure __ seats
