being apt to make a show of one's faults; penchant for boasting of one's faults; pretending to be worse than one really is

bad taste

interest in Communism / Communist topics as a casual hobby

(dialect) so; such

採用: use, adopt

宰相: prime minister / 最小: the smallest, minimum / 最少: smallest, minimum, least, youngest / 再勝: another victory / 細小: minute, minuscule / 妻妾:

満載: fully loaded / 万才: ten thousand years old

洋裁: dressmaking / 要塞: fortress / 庸才: a mediocre talent; a person of mediocre talent

果菜: fruit and vegetables / 火災: fire / 家裁: family court

葛西: Kasai, an area of Tokyo