careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
several sheets (flat objects)
each place; various places
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
evacuation site; exposure; refuge shelter; shelter
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
shelter; safe shelter; evacuation shelter; place of refuge
storage; warehouse; depot
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)
division into groups; separation into classes (e.g. of schoolchildren according to ability)
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
someone engaged in a certain pursuit; practitioner; worker; employee
property; fortune; assets
to cut corners; to be shoddy
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley
agricultural community; farm village; rural
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
family name; lineage; birth; clan
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
naming; giving a name; designation; nominal
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
ancestor; forefather; foremother
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
to mourn for; to grieve for; to condole with (the bereaved family, etc.); to hold a memorial service for; to hold a funeral service for
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
disaster response; measures to deal with natural disasters; disaster control; disaster recovery
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
formulation (of a plan, policy, etc.); decision; settling on