personality; individuality; TV personality; celebrity
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
figured; patterned; figured haori (coat)
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
sensitivity; sensibility; susceptibility; receptivity
to take (a photograph); to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot
tingling; stinging; pungently
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid; delinquency; misconduct
singular form (of a noun)
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
in spite of; despite; although; regardless of; irrespective of
retort; back talk; backchat
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
breeding; raising; rearing; keeping
to flare up; to burst into flames
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
to go past; to pass; to pass by
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
hating; strongly disliking
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured