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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