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scandal; deplorable event

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(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)

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declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)

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professional

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notice; attention; observation

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three years

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overwhelming

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strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle

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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

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certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

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be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

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championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round

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day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)

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foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation

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ligament

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snapping apart

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far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

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player's career; one's career in sport; one's career as an athlete

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to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

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tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster

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hero

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as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

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at that time; in those days

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considerably; fairly; quite

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big; large; great

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topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

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seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

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cause; origin; source

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father; dad; husband; you; he

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

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newspaper story (article, account)

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morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning

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house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name

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to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path

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older brother; elder brother

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to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

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dream

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to inherit; to succeed; to take over

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to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

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talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor

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to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)

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perhaps; probably; generous; many; much

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seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

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to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

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meaning; significance; sense

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obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)

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question; inquiry; enquiry

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always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

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oh; ah

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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen

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