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【That Funny Moment】

Exhausted banana-eating Kenma getting mad

Kenma uses the word 仲間（なかま）here, which is used to call "a group of people who share the same goal". 

This is kinda like "friend + teammate" ("comrades"...?) and Kenma using this word hits different and bye

【Today's Vocabs】

執着（しゅうちゃく）：persistence, obsession

執念（しゅうねん）：persistence

こだわり：obsession, pursuit

信念（しんねん）：belief, principle

信条（しんじょう）：creed, principle

【Quiz】Level: ★

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.

岩（いわ）ちゃんは俺（おれ）__お母（かあ）ちゃんですか？

-は

-の

-に

-と

Answer：の

Are you (Iwa-chan) my mommy or what?

-は: as for, speaking of

-の: ~'s, of 

-に: at, in, on (location of existence)

-と: and, with

*お母ちゃん is a baby-ish way to say "mother"

【Cultural-ish Insight】

Goshiki's bob cut hairstyle is referred to as おかっぱ in Japanese. The origin is the legendary creature kappa's (河童) head.  It doesn't look so close but it's because the referred hairstyle changed over time.

The "bun" hairstyle is called お団子（だんご）in Japanese, which literally means "a dumpling", and Asahi's "man-bun" is also called this way. 

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【Today's Quote】

選択肢が増えるってわかってて やんないなんてつまんねえよ

It's not an exciting idea to not even try, knowing it'll give me more options.

--Nishinoya

【Quiz】Level: ★★

Which of the following options is closest in meaning to すんなり in the sentence below?

あんなふうに言（い）ってたことすんなり消（き）えるわけない

-簡単（かんたん）に

-ゆっくり

-じっくり

--突然（とつぜん）に

Answer: 簡単に

すんなり：without pushbacks

There's no way it disappears like nothing what you were saying like that 

-簡単に：easily

-ゆっくり：slowly

-じっくり：slowly, patiently

-突然に：suddenly

【Today's Vocabs】

Idioms with 乗（の）る ("to ride/take on")

調子（ちょうし）に乗る：to get carried away

"調子に乗るなよ" is a cliche bad-guy line

勢（いきお）いに乗る：to gain momentum

気（き）が乗る：to get interested

気分（きぶん）が乗る：to get excited

【That Funny Moment】

お肉肉肉お肉肉合わせて肉肉お肉肉ゥ〜♪

*it's coming from this tong twister:

かえるぴょこぴょこみぴょこぴょこあわせてぴょこぴょこむぴょこぴょこ

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【Today's Quote】

"100点（てん）の1点（てん）"だな!!!

That was the "one point worth a hundred points"!!!

--Hinata

【What's in the Name】

澤村大地（さわむらだいち Sawamura Daichi）

-澤村：relatively common-sounding surname

-澤（さわ）：moutain stream

*simplified version: 沢

-村（むら）：village

-大地（だいち）：earth, ground

Karasuno being a universe with the earth, sun and moon in it

【Cultural-ish Insight】

スイカ (watermelon) is a popular fruit in Japan and especially eaten a lot in summer. I personally don't like it so much but people like the sweet taste and how they can hydrate at the same time. And some kids have fun playing with the seeds.

【That Funny Moment】

Fukunaga's "dad jokes":

やりすぎドストエフスキー

ナイストス、サロンパス

Aパス、ええパス

These are too obscure even in Japanese and THAT makes it funny in a way. It's like "cringey-funny" so to say...

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【Today's Quote】

今（いま）この瞬間（しゅんかん）も「バレーボール」だ

Right now, this very moment is your "volleyball".

How is this line so simple and yet giving me chills and all the emotions like aggghhh 

【Quiz】Level: ★

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.

次（つぎ）も同（おな）じのやるんで____警戒（けいかい）してくださいね

-ながら

-しかし

-ちゃんと

-あまり

Answer: ちゃんと

I'll do the same thing next time, so please ______  be alert.

-ながら：while doing 

*attached to a verb attributive form

-しかし：but

-ちゃんと：without fail

→ちゃんと + verb：to make sure to

-あまり〜ない：not so much ~

【Cultural-ish Insight】

School uniforms used to be gakuran for boys and sailor suit for girls for the majority of schools in Japan. In recent years, though, blazer styles for both girls and boys have become more popular, which might be bad news for gakuran-fans like Nishinoya...

【Today's Vocabs】

外国人（がいこくじん）：foreigner (potentially pejorative)

*okay in writings like news articles or papers, but not advisable in conversations.

外人（がいじん）：foreigner (almost outright pejorative)

外国の方（かた）："foreigner" without any xenophobic/racism implication

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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.

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【What's in the Name】

田中龍之介（たなかりゅうのすけ Tanaka Ryūnosuke）

-田中：4th most common surname in Japan

*means "in the ricefield"

-龍（りゅう）：dragon

*known as the tiger's rival in legends

-之介（のすけ）：used for classical male names (associated with samurai)

田中冴子（たなかさえこ Tanaka Saeko）

-冴（さえ）：clever, clear, skillful

-子（こ）：very common female name ender

*literally means "child"

*other examples: み（美、実）, か（香）, な（奈、菜） etc.

【Cultural-ish Insight】

脈（みゃく）アリ literally means "has pulses" and is used to express "has a chance/potential". In romantic contexts, this means someone sees a chance to date their crush out of their interactions or social cues.

The antonym is 脈ナシ ("no pulses")

【Today's Quote】

”昨日”はもう消化した。”たくさんの昨日”はもう筋肉になっとる

――今日、何をする？

All the "yesterdays" are gone. They have been digested and turned into my muscles. So, what's gonna be today's meal?

--Miya Twins

【Today's Vocabs】

腹（はら）が減（へ）る：to get hungry

→腹が減った：I'm hungry.

*が is omittable

空腹（くうふく）：hungry (adjective)

飢（う）える：to starve

腹がいっぱい：full (adjective)

*が is omittable

満腹（まんぷく）：full (adjective)

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【What's in the Name】

木兎光太郎（ぼくとこうたろう Bokuto Kōtarō）

-木兎 is originally written as 木菟, which reads ミミズク and means "horned owl"

*兎 is a simplified ver of 菟

*木兎 literally means "wooden rabbit"

-光（こう）：light

-太郎（たろう）：traditonal male name

【Cultural-ish Insight】 There are many students in Japan who join clubs "for some reason" without sold motivations.  This is bc some schools oblige the students to join a club, and even if it's not obliged, many still choose to do so since they don't wanna be an "odd one out".

【Today's Quote】

"取（と）るに足（た）らない”このプライド　絶対（ぜったい）に覚（おぼ）えておけよ

So you better remember that I got this "petty and valueless" pride, and see what it can make happen.

--Oikawa

【Today's Vocabs】

traditional names of sports (not commonly used anymore)

排球（はいきゅう）：volleyball ("repel-ball")

→ハイキュー！！

蹴球（しゅうきゅう）：soccer ("kick-ball")

庭球（ていきゅう）：tennis ("court-ball")

籠球（ろうきゅう）：basketball ("basket-ball")

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【Today's Quote】

一番（いちばん）沢山（たくさん）点（てん）をもぎ獲（と）った奴（やつ）がエースだろ　単純（たんじゅん）

Whoever got the most scores in any way is gonna be the ace. It's just so simple.

--Lev

【That Funny Moment】

🐯You can call me "Tora". Friends call me that.

😺...Do I have to?

Kenma didn't want to bc "Tora" literally means "tiger" and he didn't feel like using such a flashy nickname for him, especially when he says that himself lol

【Quiz】Level: ★★

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

影山（かげやま）は通過点（つうかてん）って言（い）ったけど、俺（おれ）は「とうとう来た」って思っちゃうよ。

-結局（けっきょく）

-すでに

-やっぱり

-ついに

Answer: ついにParty popper 

とうとう：finally, at last

Kageyama said it's just a stepping stone, but I still feel "we've made it finally."

-結局：after all (usually followed by a negative result)

-すでに：already

-やっぱり：as I thought/expected

-ついに：finally, at last

【Cultural-ish Insight】

Greetings in the "teen jock style"  (pls don't use them in reality lol)

お願いします→お願いしあース、おねしゃす

ありがとうございます→あザース

すみません→サーセン

こんにちは→チース、ちわーす

はい、わかりました→おす、あス

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【Today's Quote】

チームワークが“ハマる”瞬間（しゅんかん）てのは多分（たぶん）お前（まえ）が思（おも）ってるよりずっときもちいいぞ

The moment the teamwork "clicks", I bet you'll find it way more satisfying than you might be thinking.

--Kuroo

【Quiz】

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.

今（いま）__負（ま）けてもいい試合（しあい）ってあった？

-から

-まで

-より

-さら

Answer: まで

Have we had a match we can lose ____ now?

から：from (time or place), since

まで：before, until

→今まで：ever (before)→ correct!

より：from (time or place), more than

今さら：now (with the nuance of "it's too late")

【That Funny Moment】

Atsumu was totally dead after he failed to please his audience ("スベる" or "to slip") AND let Bokuto "steal the show". This may be due to his pride as Kansaijin, who are usually thought to have a good sense of humor. Poor Atsumu...

【Cultural-ish Insight】

MSBY is pronounced "musubii" in Japanese and it sounds just like "omusubi". ("rice balls") Officially MSBY is the sponsor company's name irrelevant to rice balls but at least it's a nice little reference to Onigiri Miya + Kita's rice

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【Quote】

まだ負けてないよ (We haven't lost yet, you know)

-まだ：still, yet

-負けていない→負ける(to lose) + ている(have) + ない(not)→have not lost (yet)

-よ：adds the sense of "reminding of the fact"

【Today's Vocabs】 

-知（し）らない人（ひと）：stranger person

-仲良（なかよ）し：good friend, good relationship (non-romantic) *mostly used by kids 

-友達（ともだち）：friend

-友人（ゆうじん） ：friend (a little formal)

-仲間（なかま） ：group of people who share the same purpose/goal

【That Funny Moment】

Tendō telling Ushijima he is Ushijima's マブダチ is a funny but sad moment. マブダチ means "best friend", or maybe "homie" in English but it's outdated + Ushijima's lack of reaction makes it gold lmao

【Cultural-ish Insight】

 肉まん (nikuman, steamed pork bun) is one of those snacks we remember every few months and then cannot stop thinking about it until you eat one. Fortunately you can get it EVERYWHERE as it's sold at conbini. Btw I personally prefer "pizza-man"