(literary) they (about women or girls)

faultfinding

find fault, nitpick

soul-searching

spot the difference (puzzle)

astringent in taste, bitter / elegant, refined, and tastefully quiet, not brash / stingy, cheap / sour, grim

grimace

search / look for

The hiragana syllable ろ (ro). Its equivalent in katakana is ロ (ro). It is the forty-third syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ら行お段 (ra-gyō o-dan, “row ra, section o”).

炉: furnace, kiln