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baseball

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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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left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)

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pitcher; pitcher (container); jug

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manzai performer

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reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety

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pressed flower

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failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later

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avid reader; bookworm

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enterprise; business; company; corporation

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light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); k-car; kei car

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trip abroad; overseas travel

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relation; relationship

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third-year student; third-year pupil

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rock climbing

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talented

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next year

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Tsukuba (city)

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bicycle; bike

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commuting to school; school commute

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arm wrestling

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geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character; net; geta

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(male-to-female) crossdresser; drag queen; trans woman

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rock band

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vocal (performance); vocals; singing; vocalist; singer

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stylish; fashionable; dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person

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chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

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father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he

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blond hair; blonde hair; golden hair

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to dye; to colour; to color

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earnest; single-minded

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diligent; hard-working; industrious

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(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)

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license; licence; permission; driver's license

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technical high school; industrial high school

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kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords

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third stage; three stages; third dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)

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calligraphy (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)

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assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)

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change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange

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the sciences; STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)

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golf

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overtime (work)

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divorce

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former husband; late husband

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certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

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very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded

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knitting; knitted material; crochet

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married

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return (of something borrowed or entrusted); returning; giving back; repayment

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