mottled pattern; patchy pattern
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
article; news story; report; account
embodying; expressing concretely
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
fine; minute; detailed; meticulous; precise
brushwork; handling of one's brush; command of one's pen; penmanship
the reverse; other side; lining
to make a copy; to transcribe; to reproduce; to trace
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
look of death; shadow of death
how; in what way; in what manner
to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
sympathy; empathy; response
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
modern person; people of today
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
unprolific (writer, artist, etc.)
author; writer; novelist; artist
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
the other day; recently; this time; on this occasion
art gallery (esp. artworks for sale); picture gallery
to show up; to appear; to turn up
reopening; resumption; restarting
monthly publication; monthly issue
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
young and energetic; up-and-coming; new and excellent; newly produced; up-and-comer
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old