cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time
(stare or glare with) scornful eyes; reproachful eyes; disgusted eyes
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
(coil) spring; spring (season); light overcoat (worn in spring and autumn); topcoat
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)
reading matter; reading material
diligent; hard-working; industrious
same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
to fret (esp. of a young child); to be fretful; to be peevish
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
heartwarming; pleasant; charming; amusing
hard to get; hard to come by
to turn completely into; to become completely
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
unkempt hair; disheveled hair; tousled hair
to intertwine; to twist together
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
thin (blade); rectangular-shaped thin-bladed knife (esp. used for vegetables)
role of the villain; the bad guy
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
after death; posthumously
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
worst-ever; history's worst
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)