study of foreign languages; linguistics
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
general news; miscellaneous news
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
older brother; elder brother
fourth day of the month; four days
fifth day of the month; five days
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
lust; lusts of the flesh; animal passions; carnal desires
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
(academic) excellence; superiority; honors (e.g. graduating with); cum laude
(full-length) novel; long novel
stern; grave; solemn; sobersided
bad habit; bad custom; evil practice; vice
detailed knowledge; finely detailed
depiction; description; portrayal
self-indulgence; looseness; dissoluteness
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word
change; transition; vicissitudes
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
countries all over the world; all the countries of the world
inclusion; comprehension; implication; containing; covering