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| housecleaning | (n) (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions, Example: more housecleaning is in store at other accounting firms; many employees were discharged in a general housecleaning by the new owners |
| housecleaning | (n) the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house, Example: efficient housecleaning should proceed one room at a time |
| すす払い;煤払い | [すすはらい, susuharai] (n) (1) cleaning dust etc. from rooms; housecleaning; (2) (See 煤掃き) (the traditional Japanese end-of-the-year, 13th December) big house cleaning; spring cleaning (only not in spring) [Add to Longdo] |
| ハウスクリーニング | [hausukuri-ningu] (n) housecleaning [Add to Longdo] |