inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
end; tip; extremities; rank and file; part of an organisation furthest from the centre
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
day shift; day duty; day work; daily work; going to work every day
early shift; morning shift; early arrival
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
suffering; distress; difficulty; hardship; misery; being bogged down
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
lost; loss; to lose (something)
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
source of worry; source of distress
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
by sheer strength; by brute force
downward spiral; negative spiral; vicious circle
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to drop; to let fall; to omit
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment
amount; quantity; measuring; weighing
one digit; one column; the "ones" column
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
cutting machine; cutter; (paper) guillotine
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
flier; flyer; fryer; frier
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
cooked rice with added ingredients (meat, vegetables, etc.)
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
somehow; for some reason or other
stew (esp. Japanese cream stew)
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
cruel; hard-hearted; harsh; unkind
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve
unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable
to remain; to stay (somewhere)