迷探偵
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Hinji -> (door) hinge -> 蝶番 (choutsukai). The characters do literally mean 'butterfly keeper', probably because a hinge resembles a butterfly with two opening parts (wings).
"One dumbbell, Watson! Consider an athlete with one dumbbell! Picture to yourself the unilateral development, the imminent danger of a spinal curvature. Shocking, Watson, shocking!" - The Valley of Fear