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humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts

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having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still

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muscular pain; myalgia; aching muscles; sore muscles

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to grasp tightly

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weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance

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wild; freakish; madcap; crazy; hysterical

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baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team

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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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diet; dieting; losing weight (through dieting, exercise, etc.)

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potbelly; beer belly

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springy (texture); doughy; elastic

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flabby

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to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up

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prefectural tournament

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receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)

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baseball-playing teenager; high-school baseball player

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participation (in a tournament, match, race, etc.); entry; appearance (on the stage, television, etc.); exiting (a venue, train station, etc.); exit; being dispatched (of an ambulance, fire engine, etc.)

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easy task; piece of cake; cakewalk; cinch; pushover

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pitcher; pitcher (container); jug

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catcher; catcher (person or device)

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ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

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quick change (of costume); quick transformation; turning suddenly into; (sudden) metamorphosis

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stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead

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heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack

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klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly

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oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)

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in that way; like that; that way

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dual personality; split personality

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doctor; physician

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paranormality; anomalous phenomenon

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possession (by a spirit, demon, etc.); dependence (on)

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pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts

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(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies

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earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land

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to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)

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seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

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to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)

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grey; gray; ashen

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to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict

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to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)

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bright light; hope; bright future; light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion

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torture; pains (of hell)

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to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to

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(in) one's own way

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gesture; charades (game)

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going straight home (without first returning to one's workplace); returning home directly

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won't do (for me)

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dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented

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as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably

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insect; bug

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