acting according to one's own beliefs, being undisturbed by others
inner psychological world; mental world; spiritual world
return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
inner; intrinsic; mental; inherited
links; chain; shackle; linking
group of mountain nomads (in Japan); group of mountain people; the Sanka
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
crystalline lens (of the eye)
thoughtfulness; diversion; recreation
appears to be; apparently
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
variable; changeable; convertible; controllable
diastrophism; movement and deformation of the earth's crust; upheaval (e.g. in politics); seismic shift; earthshaking changes
to differ depending on ...
civilized world; civilised world
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
bipedal walking; walking on two legs
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
established; fixed; prearranged; predetermined
material civilization; material civilisation
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
mechanism; organization; organisation
the Almighty; The Omnipotent One
expansion; extension; elongation; stretching
decline and fall; ruin; downfall; collapse
purification; refining; simplification
artificial hibernation; induced hibernation
one's parents' generation
incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise
cruise; navigation; sailing
to add to one's circle of friends (or colleagues, etc.); to take in; to accept
immanence; inherence; indwelling; intrinsic (cause)
separation; isolation; extrication; release; isolation