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======= Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 04:54:51 +1000 (EST)
(subtype) amend
(headw1) 地滑り
(kana1) じすべり
(pos) n
(english1) 1. Landslide (fall of earth or rock);
(english2) 2. Victory (あっしょう【圧勝】圧勝する win an overwhelming victory)
(reference) 1.Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary, Seigo Nakao, (1995).
2.Sei Shimura / shimura@mvh.biglobe.ne.jp. Transcription of NHK News Headlines / Sunday, September 11, 2005,: win a landslide 地滑り的勝利を収める(jisuberi-teki shouri o osameru); An NHK exit poll shows that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's LiberalDemocratic Party looks sure to win a landslide in Sunday's Lower House general election.
(comment) WWWJDIC's reading of 地滑り (じすべり】 (n) landfall), misses the mark. "Landfall" in English means a sighting of land after a voyage.
I regret I cannot find the Japanese equivalentof "landfall".
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