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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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retirement

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professional baseball

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community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border

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to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

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older; senior

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veteran (e.g. soldier); battle-hardened; seasoned; (of) long military service

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tough guy; wild one; veteran (in a particular field); expert; person of surprising audacity; someone with a lot of nerve

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

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matchless; unequalled; unequaled

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hard-to-overcome obstacle; high hurdle; (lit.) thick wall

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to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back

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weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless

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weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

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counter for months

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after

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end-of-year; year-end

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feature of the season; something characteristic of a particular season; poem about natural scenery or a particular season

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Arima Kinen (Arima Commemorative; major 2500m race for 3yo thoroughbred horses)

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easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply

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to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...

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huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

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then; well; so; well then

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a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment

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special; particular; peculiar; unique

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above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)

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trend; tendency; movement; attitude

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to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)

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to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

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the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime

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creed; belief; conviction; article of faith

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already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more

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together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category

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great difference; big difference; wide margin

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to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

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explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

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spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

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Grand Prix race

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Takarazuka Kinen (GI 2200m turf race for 3yo and up horses)

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thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)

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successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; completely; thoroughly

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win; victory

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to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)

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Emperor of Japan

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confidence; trust; faith; credit

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to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

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below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

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to count; to enumerate

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and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing

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approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

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