In the past couple of years the katakana loan word kureimā (claimer=complainer) has become widely used in Japanese to describe this kind of person: the Trouble Maker is someone who loves to complain about things, often to try and claim some kind of financial compensation (a discount or something for free), but sometimes simply because they enjoy causing trouble.

Bearing in mind the large number of rubbish ‘teachers’ that work for eikaiwa in Japan, a great many student complaints are justified (indeed it’s surprising more don’t complain); the Trouble Maker just looks for anything to complain about though, regardless of the quality of the teacher or the absurdity of their complaint.

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