self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
(not so) much; (not) very
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
disparity of wealth; wealth inequality; social inequality
to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to pout (e.g. lips); to get nervous; to set one's nerves on edge; to raise (e.g. one's voice)
starvation; famine; hunger
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
right (to do something); authority; power
person concerned; interested party; related party
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
together; mutually; fellow
transposition; dislocation; rearrangement
(political) power; authority; influence
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
to rule; to govern; to administer
side table; bedside table
dull sound; muffled sound
futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; sleeping mat
to grow hoarse; to become husky
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
duty; function; office; mission; task
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
reshuffling; job rotation
specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet
making money; making a profit
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
gazing at (in wonderment)
to increase; to add to; to augment
breeding; raising; rearing
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
outside of one's area of expertise