Last Updated:2025/11/25

(transitive, debating) To draw attention to (a person who is absent from a debate) by providing an empty podium or chair which they would have occupied.

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empty chair

Verb
transitive
Japanese Meaning
議論などの場で、不在の人物の存在感を示すため、彼らが座るべきと思われる空の椅子や講壇を用意して、その欠席を際立たせる行為
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選挙運動の主催者は、テレビ討論会で欠席した候補者を際立たせるため、その候補者が座るはずだった空席を設けた。

present singular third-person

participle present

participle past

past

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