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【What's in the Name】

孤爪研磨（こづめけんま Kozume Kenma）

-孤（こ）：loneliness Pleading face

*could be tweaked from 狐 (fox) bc Nekoma players rep various animal names not just cats

-爪（づめ）： claw, nail

-研磨（けんま）：polishing (iron, or "tetsu"?), sharpening (claws?)

【Quiz】

俺（おれ）たちで勝（か）つ！

Today, (the team) will win using us!

⇒Today, WE will earn the team a win!

Hinata here says 俺たち"で" instead of 俺たち"が".

で is used to express...

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【That Funny Moment】

Exhausted banana-eating Kenma getting mad

Kenma uses the word 仲間（なかま）here, which is used to call "a group of people who share the same goal". 

This is kinda like "friend + teammate" ("comrades"...?) and Kenma using this word hits different and bye

【Today's Vocabs】

執着（しゅうちゃく）：persistence, obsession

執念（しゅうねん）：persistence

こだわり：obsession, pursuit

信念（しんねん）：belief, principle

信条（しんじょう）：creed, principle

【Quiz】Level: ★

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【Today's Quote】

選択肢が増えるってわかってて やんないなんてつまんねえよ

It's not an exciting idea to not even try, knowing it'll give me more options.

--Nishinoya

【Quiz】Level: ★★

Which of the following options is closest in meaning to すんなり in the sentence below?

あんなふうに言（い）ってたことすんなり消（き）えるわけない

-簡単（かんたん）に

-ゆっくり

-じっくり

--突然（とつぜん）に

Answer: 簡単に

すんなり：without pushbacks

There's no way it disappears like nothing what you were saying like that 

-簡単に：easily

-ゆっくり：slowly

-じっくり：slowly, patiently

-突然に：suddenly

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【Today's Quote】

"100点（てん）の1点（てん）"だな!!!

That was the "one point worth a hundred points"!!!

--Hinata

【What's in the Name】

澤村大地（さわむらだいち Sawamura Daichi）

-澤村：relatively common-sounding surname

-澤（さわ）：moutain stream

*simplified version: 沢

-村（むら）：village

-大地（だいち）：earth, ground

Karasuno being a universe with the earth, sun and moon in it

【Cultural-ish Insight】

スイカ (watermelon) is a popular fru...

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【Today's Quote】

今（いま）この瞬間（しゅんかん）も「バレーボール」だ

Right now, this very moment is your "volleyball".

How is this line so simple and yet giving me chills and all the emotions like aggghhh 

【Quiz】Level: ★

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.

次（つぎ）も同（おな）じのやるんで____警戒（けいかい）してくださいね

-ながら

-しかし

-ちゃんと

-あまり

Answer: ちゃんと

I'll do the same thing next time, so please ______  be alert.

-ながら：while doing 

*attached to a verb attributive form<...

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【Today's Vocabs】

緊張（きんちょう）：nervousness

不安（ふあん）：anxiety

心配（しんぱい）：worry

プレッシャー：pressure

小心者（しょうしんもの）：coward, someone who easily gets nervous

あがり症（しょう）：stage fright

【QuizGraduation cap】Level: ★★

Which of the following options is closest in meaning to 案外 in the sentence below?

やられた理由（りゆう）がわかれば案外（あんがい）怖（こわ）くなかったりするものだ。

1.やっぱり

2.意外（いがい）と

3.全然（ぜんぜん）

4.よっぽど

Answer: 意外と

案外：contrary to expectations (adverb)

Once you see why you got outdone, it can actually become not so scary.

やっぱり：as one thought

意外と：unexpectedly, surprisingly

*意外に also works

全然〜ない：not ~ at all

よっぽど：more ~ (contrary to...

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【What's in the Name】

田中龍之介（たなかりゅうのすけ Tanaka Ryūnosuke）

-田中：4th most common surname in Japan

*means "in the ricefield"

-龍（りゅう）：dragon

*known as the tiger's rival in legends

-之介（のすけ）：used for classical male names (associated with samurai)

田中冴子（たなかさえこ Tanaka Saeko）

-冴（さえ）：clever, clear, skillful

-子（こ）：very common female name ender

*literally means "child"

*other examples: み（美、実）, か（香）, な（奈、菜） etc.

【Cultural-ish Insight】

脈（みゃく）アリ literally means "has puls...

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【What's in the Name】

木兎光太郎（ぼくとこうたろう Bokuto Kōtarō）

-木兎 is originally written as 木菟, which reads ミミズク and means "horned owl"

*兎 is a simplified ver of 菟

*木兎 literally means "wooden rabbit"

-光（こう）：light

-太郎（たろう）：traditonal male name

【Cultural-ish Insight】 There are many students in Japan who join clubs "for some reason" without sold motivations.  This is bc some schools oblige the students to join a club, and even if it's not obliged, many still choose to do so since they don't wanna be an...

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【Today's Quote】

一番（いちばん）沢山（たくさん）点（てん）をもぎ獲（と）った奴（やつ）がエースだろ　単純（たんじゅん）

Whoever got the most scores in any way is gonna be the ace. It's just so simple.

--Lev

【That Funny Moment】

🐯You can call me "Tora". Friends call me that.

😺...Do I have to?

Kenma didn't want to bc "Tora" literally means "tiger" and he didn't feel like using such a flashy nickname for him, especially when he says that himself lol

【Quiz】Level: ★★

Which of the following options is closest in meaning...

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【Today's Quote】

チームワークが“ハマる”瞬間（しゅんかん）てのは多分（たぶん）お前（まえ）が思（おも）ってるよりずっときもちいいぞ

The moment the teamwork "clicks", I bet you'll find it way more satisfying than you might be thinking.

--Kuroo

【Quiz】

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.

今（いま）__負（ま）けてもいい試合（しあい）ってあった？

-から

-まで

-より

-さら

Answer: まで

Have we had a match we can lose ____ now?

から：from (time or place), since

まで：before, until

→今まで：ever (before)→ correct!

より：from (time or place), more than

今さら：now (with the nuance of "it's too late")

【That Funny Moment】

Atsumu...

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【Quote】

まだ負けてないよ (We haven't lost yet, you know)

-まだ：still, yet

-負けていない→負ける(to lose) + ている(have) + ない(not)→have not lost (yet)

-よ：adds the sense of "reminding of the fact"

【Today's Vocabs】 

-知（し）らない人（ひと）：stranger person

-仲良（なかよ）し：good friend, good relationship (non-romantic) *mostly used by kids 

-友達（ともだち）：friend

-友人（ゆうじん） ：friend (a little formal)

-仲間（なかま） ：group of people who share the same purpose/goal

【That Funny Moment】

Tendō telling Ushijima he is Ushijima's マブダチ is a funny but sad moment. マブダチ means "be...

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【Today's Quote】

 何（なに）かを始（はじ）めるのに”揺（ゆ）るぎない意志（いし）”とか”崇高（すうこう）な動機（どうき）”なんて無（な）くていい You don't need "an unrelenting will" or "noble motives" to start something.  --Shimizu

【Quiz】

 Which of the following options is closest in meaning to いつか in the sentence below? 

 俺（おれ）はいつかアンタにトスを上（あ）げるで。

1.いつまでも

2.いつでも

3.いずれ

4.いつになく

Answer: いずれ

【What's in the Name?】 

宮侑（みやあつむ Miya Atsumu） 

 -宮：(surname) 8.1k in Japan, ranked 1895th 

-宮（みや）：palace, shrine →Many shrines deify a fox, which is Inarizaki's mascot 

*"Inari" has the meanings of "shrine" and "fox" 

-侑（あつむ）：helping people

【Today's Vocabs】 

王（おう）：king 

王様（おうさま）→"king" + honorifics, but this can be taken as sarcasm  

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【Summary】

-In the original manga, the "threat of trust" was expressed as 「脅迫（しんらい）」*しんらい as furigana 

-脅迫 is supposed to read きょうはく and means "threat", but instead furigana says しんらい, or "trust"

-早（はや）さ：quickness, earliness 速（はや）さ：speed

-強（つよ）い：strong

-武器（ぶき）：weapon, arms 

-魅力的（みりょくてき）：appealing, fascinating 

-格好良（かっこうい）い：cool, good-looking 

-無敵（むてき）：unrivaled, invincible

-カッコ良（よ）死（し） is a pun of かっこ良し (cool, good-looking) and 死 (death).  

-かっこ良し is FAKED classical Japanese, and かっこいい is what we normally say.

-稚拙（ちせつ）unrefined and clumsy

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【Summary】

-"Feminine speech": ending sentences with 〜わ/わよ/のよ etc. (NOT used in real life)

-"Young masculine speech": ending sentences with 〜ぜ/だろ/よな etc. (NOT used in real life)

-How to count volleyball serves: 一本（いっぽん）、二本（にほん）、三本（さんぼん）

-本：counter used for stick-like things (trees, polls, lines etc.)

-俺たちは血液だ 滞り無く流れろ 酸素を回せ 脳が正常に働くために： We are blood. Stay fluid, circulate oxygen, and keep our brain sharp and clear.

-Private schools can scout players and give them free entrance, but public schools like Karasuno can't, which is a big disadvantage for them.

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【Summary】

-負けたくないこと→負け("to lose")+たく("to want to")+ない("don't")+こと(nominalizer): to not want to lose/that you don't want to lose

-Symbolism in 黒尾鉄朗's 鉄(iron): included a lot in "blood", "Kenma" means "to polish metal"

-Suna has Kansai Accent but his phrasing is Standard Japanese, making him sound unique in a way. 

-反復（はんぷく）：repetition

-継続（けいぞく）：continuation-

-丁寧（ていねい）：neatness, tidiness

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【Summary】

-あざーす is regarded as "polite" whereas ありがとう is "too casual" lol  *just at school

-❎ "You need to use polite speech to be respectful"  ✅"You need to use polite speech NOT to be disrespectful"

-悟（さと）る：to attain enlightenment, to realize (things like "destiny", very formal/dramatic)

-負（ま）けず嫌（ぎら）い：someone who always fights back, a fiercely competitive person

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【Summary】

-持っていく：持つ ＋ 行く→to carry (something to another place)

-もしも〜たら：if (something happens) ever

-Kansai Dialect has very different intonations compared to Standard Japanese

-Using っす instead of です is not appropriate polite speech but some teenagers like to use it, especially in sports club activities

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【Summary】

-京（きょう、けい、きん）means "capital"

-皆（みんな）：everyone (usually doesn't include the speaker)

-だから at the end of a sentence can have different implications according to the context 

-お利口さん、いい子 can be used to praise a smart kid, but become a sarcasm if used to older people

-the police generally have a positive image in Japan

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【Summary】

-武田一鉄（たけだいってつ）is a reference to the legendary actor, 武田鉄矢（たけだてつや）

-武田 is a very common family name

-一鉄 literally means "first iron", sounds very masculine and old-fashioned

-常に上を向くスポーツ can be interpreted either as "a sport where you always look up" or"a sport that always looks up", but the latter one doesn't make sense so it's the first one.

-バキバキ is an onomatopoeia for the sound of some stick-like things broken into pieces

-いる's conditional form is いれ

【Today's Vocabs】

初（はつ/しょ）〜：first ~ (prefix)

Eg. 初日（しょにち, first day）, 初登場（はつとうじょう, first appearance）

福（ふく）：good luck, fortune

福引き（ふくびき）：lottery

Various Mochi Foods

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・餅（もち）

・お雑煮（おぞうに）

・焼き餅（やきもち）

・ぜんざい

・おしるこ

・鏡餅（かがみもち）

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