black ground; black cloth
white background; blank; (arch.) female virgin
cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)
to rage; to be fierce; to be excited
to make an appearance; to show up
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
mid-air; mid-heaven; zenith
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
leg; leg portion; foot (of a page)
to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
burst of laughter; roar of laughter; in copious amounts
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
witnessing; observing; sighting
massing (of troops); gathering
impossibly hard video game
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
to start (an argument, a battle, etc.)
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
outsider; someone outside of a group
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
glaring at; scowling at; looking contemptuously at; frowning down upon; domineering with a coercive look
loitering on the way; wayside grass
to create (a sensation); to cause (a commotion); to give rise to (controversy); to raise (a cloud of dust); to kick up (dust)
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
to give a glance (at); to take one look at