worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
mineral vein; underground water channel
water vein; underground stream of water; waterway
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
synthesis; combination; general; combined; synthesis; colligation
spiritual vein; spiritual current; ley line; occult channel
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
art of self-defense (defence)
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
to face on; to look out on to
cover; covering; covering (a song); cover; coverage; to cover (a loss)
indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
to hide; to keep to oneself
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
rocky area; rocky tract; rocky stretch (of a climb); wall (of rock)
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
to find (after searching everywhere); to locate; to discover
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing; layoff
phosphorescent light; mysterious lights on the sea; sea fire; shiranui (Citrus reticulata Shiranui); shiranuhi; sumo citrus
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
one or two; a few; small number
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently