monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
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, etc.)
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
sense of inferiority; one's weak point
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
forgetting; lapse of memory
to yearn for; to pine; to be deeply in love with
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
to go along; to walk along; to follow
other side; opposite side; other party
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
to surface; to come to the top; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
sensuously beautiful; seductively beautiful; voluptuous
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
to unfold; to unroll; to open
violent emotion; passion; fury