personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
food shortage; food scarcity; difficulty of obtaining food
double; twice (as much); twofold
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
damage; injury; defamation; harm
slave contract (in the entertainment industry); harsh, slave-like long-term contract
selling oneself (into bondage) (esp. for prostitutes)
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
essence; true nature; substance; reality
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
misgovernment; misrule; bad government
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
solution; solution strategy
uniform; even; across-the-board; equal
carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)
Eurasian continent; Eurasia
semi-governmental; semi-official
unrecoverable; irreversible; irreparable
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
to fluff up (e.g. a futon); to retype (e.g. a letter)
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
cheerful; lively; lighthearted