day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
to save; to leave over; to spare
athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
wide; extensive; comprehensive; far-reaching; widespread
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
to spread; to be propagated
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
leisure; leisure time; spare time
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)
encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
reading (the parts one is interested in); reading here and there; skimming through; reading word by word; reading only the parts one can understand
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to fit the mold; to fit the mould; to be standard; to be customary; to be unoriginal; to be stale
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love