odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
strategy meeting; council of war
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
function; facility; faculty; feature
judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict
to shave off; to scrape off
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
to be erected; to be built
positioning; getting a position; taking a position
sub; substitute; reserve; sub-
science fiction; sci-fi; SF