involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
equality; impartiality; evenness
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
necessities of life (food, clothing and shelter)
to distribute; to hand out
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
improvement of labor conditions (labour)
shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
pride; boast; credit (to)
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
maintaining the status quo
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
just because; even if; even though
(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
any more; any further; any better; any longer
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained