baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha
comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
Brahma (Hindu creator god); large staff with plaited paper streamers (used at religious festivals or as a sign); buoy (used in longline fishing, gillnetting, etc.); down puff (on the end of an ear pick)
to cause a stir; to create a stir; to make a stir; to cause repercussions
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
having no way of knowing; being completely ignorant of
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive
tracing; trail left in the snow (by mountaineers); following (a trail of footprints); trace (of a matrix)
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
to play a leading role; to play a central part
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
feeling keenly; fully realizing
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
interference; intervention; meddling
uniforms provided for workers (by the employer); something forced upon one; something imposed on one
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
to await; to wait for; to expect
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
middle; center; heart; midst (e.g. of a storm); peak (e.g. of a season); (the) height (of something)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
to repaint; to paint again; to paint (a different colour); to change completely; to break (a record); to redraw (e.g. the map)