carte blanche; blank check; blank cheque; unconditional authority
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
historical play; period drama
sound (of a sentence); euphony; wordplay; play on words; pun
popular name; common name; given name
names and natures do often agree
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
first of all; first thing
single word; a few words; brief comment
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
saying something many times
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
talk; recital; narration; topic
to be consistent; to be coherent
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
misuse; incorrect use; abuse; malapropism
a meeting by chance is preordained
to be fated; to be linked by fate
karma from a previous existence
I don't want to boast but
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
homecoming; returning home
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
distinctive; characteristic
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
habitat isolation; compartmentalization; segregation; isolation
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
sliding down (a slope, mountainside); slipping down
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
game console; games console; video game console; game machine; gaming device; gaming system
bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune