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

paint in

to draw a circle, to make a circle-shaped movement

(art) drawing (being able to draw) characters distinctly

imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 描き分ける (kakiwakeru) [ichidan]

下書き: rough draft of a text / 下描き: rough sketch of a drawing

(formal) we, us

(honorific) we; us