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so much; so; like that

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sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence

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critical; judgmental; censorious; negative

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even (e.g. even a child); as long as (it is, you are, etc.); (if) only; just

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(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force

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master; teacher; stable master

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soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

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younger sister

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older brother and younger sister

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between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea

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half

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quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument

2

always; all the time; constantly; frequently; often

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odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting

1

working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver

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nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious

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to call out; to shout

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to grow up; to become an adult

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unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age

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was

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uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan

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real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

2

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

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overwhelming strength; extremely strong person; powerhouse; very strong player; very strong team

1

commercial science

3

garden; orchard; park; place; world; environment

3

stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence

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to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to

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fortune; luck; chance

2

to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in

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to win through (e.g. to finals); to advance

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scoreboard

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pitcher's mound

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really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly

1

way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)

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Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan; Koshien Stadium (baseball park in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture); National High School Baseball Tournament (held annually in August at Koshien Stadium); Summer Koshien; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament (held annually in March at Koshien Stadium)

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prefectural tournament

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overall victory; championship; winning the title; (being in) heaven; bliss; perfect contentment

3

school; proofreading; proof

1

regret; repentance

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after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

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start of a match; beginning of a game; kickoff

1

with hushed footsteps

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funeral parlor (parlour); funeral home; undertaker's; undertaker; mortician; funeral director

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preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking

1

head of a family

1

to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

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big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage

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being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind

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crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

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