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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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smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable

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coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe

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Higuchi Ichiyou (1872-1896)

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high-class restaurant; high-end store

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splitting the cost; Dutch treat

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summary; digest

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to strike (with a stick, whip, etc.); to hit; to punch; to go to (a place to eat, drink, etc.)

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manufactured goods; finished goods; product

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gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables

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eating heavily; hearty eating; binge eating; big eater; trencherman; gormandizer

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challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

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reality; actuality; hard fact

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frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category

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to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach

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bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection

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standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

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to overdo; to do too much

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open field; empty lot; plain

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to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

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already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast

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full swing

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shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop

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softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is

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hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary

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to wipe; to dry

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to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

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to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

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to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate

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pit of the stomach; solar plexus

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head-butting; head-butt

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opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion

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a bit more; a bit longer

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Pocky (biscuit stick coated with chocolate, strawberry, etc.)

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feebleness; weakness; imbecility

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to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

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with surprise; with a start; fiercely (glare; in kabuki)

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to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank

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weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending

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vermilion; scarlet

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speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

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gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

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to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up

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trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)

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ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather

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autumn; fall

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light meal

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speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise

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lemon

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fried udon

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