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Presidential candidate Obama's economics team seems to be made up of distinguished neoliberals.
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Vocabulary list

kouho
noun
  1. candidate; contender; prospect; pick; choice; list
  2. candidacy; candidature; nomination
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
keizaiseisaku
noun
  1. economic policy
keizai
noun
  1. economy; economics
  2. finance; (one's) finances; financial circumstances
  3. being economical; economy; thrift
seisaku
noun
  1. political measures; policy
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
douyara
adverb
  1. possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; seemingly
  2. somehow or other; with difficulty; barely; after a fashion
taru
auxiliary verb
  1. (those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of (after a noun, usu. as 〜たる者, etc.; often used in relation to qualifications and requirements for a position)
shinjiyuushugisha
noun
  1. neoliberal
shinjiyuushugi
noun
  1. neoliberalism
shin
prefix
  1. new; neo-
noun
  1. newness; novelty
  2. Gregorian calendar
  3. Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE); Hsin dynasty
jiyuushugisha
noun
  1. liberal; liberalist
jiyuushugi
noun, no adjective
  1. liberalism
jiyuu
noun, na adjective
  1. freedom; liberty
shugisha
noun
  1. advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; ideologue
noun, used as a suffix
  1. -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system)
noun
  1. socialist; communist; anarchist
shugi
noun
  1. doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
sha
suffix
  1. person; -er
noun
  1. expert; geisha; prostitute
tachi
suffix
  1. pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
youda
auxiliary
  1. seeming to be; appearing to be (usu. at sentence-end)
  2. like; similar to
  3. in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
  4. indicates hope, wish, request or mild command (as ように at sentence-end)
you
noun, used as a suffix, noun
  1. appearing ...; looking ... (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb)
  2. way to ...; method of ...ing (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb)
  3. form; style; design (usu. after a noun)
  4. like; similar to (usu. after a noun)
noun
  1. thing (thought or spoken)
da
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)

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