public safety; public welfare
authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
representative; exemplary; model
to undermine; to sap; to dig away
failure; mistake; blunder
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
color scheme; colour scheme
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
lower branch (of an organization); subordinate organization; substructure
connection; link; relationship
true state; actual condition; reality
political tone; political flavour (flavor)
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
absorption; suction; attraction
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
new school (of thought, etc.); new drama
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
president (of a society); chairman
form; shape; figure; visage
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment