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【Today's Vocabs】

緊張（きんちょう）：nervousness

不安（ふあん）：anxiety

心配（しんぱい）：worry

プレッシャー：pressure

小心者（しょうしんもの）：coward, someone who easily gets nervous

あがり症（しょう）：stage fright

【QuizGraduation cap】Level: ★★

Which of the following options is closest in meaning to 案外 in the sentence below?

やられた理由（りゆう）がわかれば案外（あんがい）怖（こわ）くなかったりするものだ。

1.やっぱり

2.意外（いがい）と

3.全然（ぜんぜん）

4.よっぽど

Answer: 意外と

案外：contrary to expectations (adverb)

Once you see why you got outdone, it can actually become not so scary.

やっぱり：as one thought

意外と：unexpectedly, surprisingly

*意外に also works

全然〜ない：not ~ at all

よっぽど：more ~ (contrary to expectations)

【Today's Quote】

俺（おれ）が何（なに）かに絶望（ぜつぼう）するとしたら　バレーができなくなった時（とき）だけだ

If I ever feel driven to despair, that would only be when I can no longer play volleyball.

---Kageyama

Kageyama dropping keigo makes such an intense mood

【Cultural-ish Insight】

Some regard being left-handed as a huge disadvantage since letters and most tools are designed for the right-handed. This tendency has been strong in Japan and many children have been forced to "fix" it, though such cases are getting rarer today.