low grade; inferiority; coarseness; vulgarity
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
battlefield; battleground
it's not like; it isn't as if
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
service business (hotel, restaurant, entertainment); service industry
trading sexual favours (for career advancement, etc.)
political and business circles; political and business establishment; politics and industry
honeytrap; honey trap; honeypot
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
due form; official; formality
you could say; you might say; verging on the
total energy; all efforts
dirty; underhand; immoral; illegal
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
one's (official) authority; power
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
minister of state; cabinet minister (Japan)
administrative office; government agency
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
noninvolvement; nonintervention; neutrality
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle