mud wall; earthen wall; plaster wall
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
grotesque; bizarre; weird; grotesque (style)
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
repeatedly; to a tremendous extent
to be inherent (in); to reside (in); to be immanent (in); immanence
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
emphasis; stress; accentuating (a feature or certain part); accenting; strong tone (of the market); firm tone
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
Six Dynasties (of China: Eastern Wu, Eastern Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, Chen); calligraphic style of the Six Dynasties period
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
Okinawan lion (or lion dog) statue placed as talisman against evil at entrances and on roofs
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
innumerable changes; infinite variety
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
cannot be helped; unavoidable
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
to face on; to look out on to
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to adorn; to decorate; to dress up; to build up
masterpiece; masterwork; chef d'oeuvre; (unintentionally) hilarious; absurd (e.g. blunder); outrageous
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip