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【Today's Quote】

 何（なに）かを始（はじ）めるのに”揺（ゆ）るぎない意志（いし）”とか”崇高（すうこう）な動機（どうき）”なんて無（な）くていい You don't need "an unrelenting will" or "noble motives" to start something.  --Shimizu

【Quiz】

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

 俺（おれ）はいつかアンタにトスを上（あ）げるで。

1.いつまでも

2.いつでも

3.いずれ

4.いつになく

Answer: いずれ

【What's in the Name?】 

宮侑（みやあつむ Miya Atsumu） 

 -宮：(surname) 8.1k in Japan, ranked 1895th 

-宮（みや）：palace, shrine →Many shrines deify a fox, which is Inarizaki's mascot 

*"Inari" has the meanings of "shrine" and "fox" 

-侑（あつむ）：helping people

【Today's Vocabs】 

王（おう）：king 

王様（おうさま）→"king" + honorifics, but this can be taken as sarcasm  

大王様（だいおうさま）：the great king 

*Hinata didn't intend to be sarcastic but kinda sounds stupid

平民（へいみん）、庶民（しょみん）：commoner

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【Summary】

-In the original manga, the "threat of trust" was expressed as 「脅迫（しんらい）」*しんらい as furigana 

-脅迫 is supposed to read きょうはく and means "threat", but instead furigana says しんらい, or "trust"

-早（はや）さ：quickness, earliness 速（はや）さ：speed

-強（つよ）い：strong

-武器（ぶき）：weapon, arms 

-魅力的（みりょくてき）：appealing, fascinating 

-格好良（かっこうい）い：cool, good-looking 

-無敵（むてき）：unrivaled, invincible

-カッコ良（よ）死（し） is a pun of かっこ良し (cool, good-looking) and 死 (death).  

-かっこ良し is FAKED classical Japanese, and かっこいい is what we normally say.

-稚拙（ちせつ）unrefined and clumsy

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【Summary】

-"Feminine speech": ending sentences with 〜わ/わよ/のよ etc. (NOT used in real life)

-"Young masculine speech": ending sentences with 〜ぜ/だろ/よな etc. (NOT used in real life)

-How to count volleyball serves: 一本（いっぽん）、二本（にほん）、三本（さんぼん）

-本：counter used for stick-like things (trees, polls, lines etc.)

-俺たちは血液だ 滞り無く流れろ 酸素を回せ 脳が正常に働くために： We are blood. Stay fluid, circulate oxygen, and keep our brain sharp and clear.

-Private schools can scout players and give them free entrance, but public schools like Karasuno can't, which is a big disadvantage for them.

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【Summary】

-負けたくないこと→負け("to lose")+たく("to want to")+ない("don't")+こと(nominalizer): to not want to lose/that you don't want to lose

-Symbolism in 黒尾鉄朗's 鉄(iron): included a lot in "blood", "Kenma" means "to polish metal"

-Suna has Kansai Accent but his phrasing is Standard Japanese, making him sound unique in a way. 

-反復（はんぷく）：repetition

-継続（けいぞく）：continuation-

-丁寧（ていねい）：neatness, tidiness

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【Summary】

-あざーす is regarded as "polite" whereas ありがとう is "too casual" lol  *just at school

-❎ "You need to use polite speech to be respectful"  ✅"You need to use polite speech NOT to be disrespectful"

-悟（さと）る：to attain enlightenment, to realize (things like "destiny", very formal/dramatic)

-負（ま）けず嫌（ぎら）い：someone who always fights back, a fiercely competitive person

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【Summary】

-持っていく：持つ ＋ 行く→to carry (something to another place)

-もしも〜たら：if (something happens) ever

-Kansai Dialect has very different intonations compared to Standard Japanese

-Using っす instead of です is not appropriate polite speech but some teenagers like to use it, especially in sports club activities

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【Summary】

-京（きょう、けい、きん）means "capital"

-皆（みんな）：everyone (usually doesn't include the speaker)

-だから at the end of a sentence can have different implications according to the context 

-お利口さん、いい子 can be used to praise a smart kid, but become a sarcasm if used to older people

-the police generally have a positive image in Japan

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【Summary】

-武田一鉄（たけだいってつ）is a reference to the legendary actor, 武田鉄矢（たけだてつや）

-武田 is a very common family name

-一鉄 literally means "first iron", sounds very masculine and old-fashioned

-常に上を向くスポーツ can be interpreted either as "a sport where you always look up" or"a sport that always looks up", but the latter one doesn't make sense so it's the first one.

-バキバキ is an onomatopoeia for the sound of some stick-like things broken into pieces

-いる's conditional form is いれ

-これる is the colloquial (arguably wrongly abbreviated) form of こられる

【Today's Vocabs】

初（はつ/しょ）〜：first ~ (prefix)

Eg. 初日（しょにち, first day）, 初登場（はつとうじょう, first appearance）

福（ふく）：good luck, fortune

福引き（ふくびき）：lottery

Various Mochi Foods

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・餅（もち）

・お雑煮（おぞうに）

・焼き餅（やきもち）

・ぜんざい

・おしるこ

・鏡餅（かがみもち）

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