clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air
wandering; rambling; roaming
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
research; investigation; enquiry; inquiry; study
leader; central personage
benefit from ancestors' virtue
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
way; course; the only way
there's no other way; there are no other options; there are no alternative means
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
traces; footprints; whereabouts
to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond; to deceive; to dissemble; to fool
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
outside of one's area of expertise
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
research publication; scholarly publication
scientific world; world of science; scientific circles; scientific community
to throw at; to turn; to raise
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to name; to call; to christen; to term
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
with a single blow; with one stroke
moral culture; spiritual culture; culture born through the workings of the human mind (science, religion, philosophy, religion, art, etc.)
change; transformation; inversion