unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
principal occupation; core business
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
carte blanche; blank check; blank cheque; unconditional authority
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
historical play; period drama
sound (of a sentence); euphony
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 (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
metempsychosis; saving the lives of many
I don't want to boast but
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
homecoming; returning home
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular