searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
sleeveless (garment); sleeveless haori
personality; style; appearance
to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)
to complain; to grumble; to gripe
brown colour (created by roasting or firing)
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
great success; huge success
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
severe (illness, disability, etc.); serious
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
to become inclined (to do); to be in the mood (for); to get excited (about); to take an interest (in)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)
moving out of a dormitory
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
thing that brings good or bad luck; popular belief; superstition; jinx
sharply; harshly; stingingly
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
karōshi; death from overwork
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
to name; to call; to christen; to term
sentiment; sentimentality
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
I don't like it; it's troublesome; it's too much; it's awful
childish; childlike; immature; infantile
show; display; pretensions; pose; posture
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
openly; in public; without caring what others think
queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak