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【What's in the Name】

孤爪研磨(こづめけんま Kozume Kenma)

-孤(こ):loneliness Pleading face

*could be tweaked from 狐 (fox) bc Nekoma players rep various animal names not just cats

-爪(づめ): claw, nail

-研磨(けんま):polishing (iron, or "tetsu"?), sharpening (claws?)

【Quiz】

俺(おれ)たちで勝(か)つ!

Today, (the team) will win using us!

⇒Today, WE will earn the team a win!

Hinata here says 俺たち"で" instead of 俺たち"が".

で is used to express a tool/means to do smth.

He's implying their teamwork is necessary for winning, even tho he's not willing to use the word per se.

【Today's Vocabs】

迷(まよ)う:to get lost, to hesitate

迷わす:to make sb 迷う

惑(まど)う:to become puzzled/perplexed

惑わす:to puzzle/perplex

彷徨(さまよ)う:to wander around

戸惑(とまど)う:to become confused

【Today's Quote】

「勝ちたかった」って言うならどうして手を尽くさないんだろうな?

I wonder why they didn't do everything they could, and still would say "I wanted to win".

--Daishō