culmination; acme; height; peak; ultimate; perfection
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
point of departure; initial point; starting point
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
half the face; one side; half; the other side; the reverse; the contrary
to have no chance (of succeeding)
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
monks who practise austerity to the point of death and mummification
change in appearance; transformation
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
complicated and mysterious
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
to smile (at); to grin (at)
several men, several minds; everyone has his own ideas and tastes; everyone has his own interests and ideas; different strokes for different folks
disdaining everybody; not caring an ounce about other people's feelings
way of asking; way of listening; listener
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved
common people; ordinary people; masses
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
all times and places; all ages and countries
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
word game; wordplay; playing with words
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient