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Here I have a few sentences with seemingly obscure usages of という appearing
after the こそ and は particles.

Firstly, while watching からかい上手の高木さん I came across this particular sentence in
Ep. 3 @11:22:

> この苦しみを噛み締めながら次こそは **という** 意識を高めるのだ  
>  Translation Attempt: While I digest this pain I'll increase my awareness
> for next time.

Context: 西片 is enforcing a punishment on himself because he is getting teased
by 高木 all day, every day. In this scene where he says this line, he's doing
push-ups (the aforementioned punishment).

After attempting to research this usage, the only things I could find were
sentences from a youtube subtitle database that all seemed to start the same
with「我こそは」such as:

> **我こそはという** 方はぜひお願いいたします  
>  <https://youtu.be/zLKYvB_HfWg> @1:46

> **我こそはという** 半導体関係であったり電子部品の会社であったり  
>  <https://youtu.be/ewKRCv9g_RQ> @43:04

Is this merely a rare usage of という? If so, what is the purpose? Is it adding
emphasis? Or could it be that 「こそはという」is some sort of set expression that has
a particular meaning? I'm aware that という will not translate easy, but any
further elaboration on the translation of the first sentence I provided, in
order to show the function that という is performing, would be wonderful. Also,
do let me know if I need to provide any further details or context.
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What is the function of という in these contexts? [こそはという] [は + という]?
There is nothing rare about this という. You should read it as 「次こそは」という意識. It
appears to follow a particle only because the quotation it follows happens to
end with one. 次こそは is not a complete sentence, of course. You could make it
complete by adding something like 成功する or うまくやる if you want to, but it’s not
necessary because 次こそは alone is understood as a declaration of the person’s
determination to do something better next time around.
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