day on which a park (or kindergarten, zoo, etc.) is closed
to dye in different colors (colours)
two-tone coloring; two-tone colouring
broiled eel served over rice in a lacquered box; broiled eel and rice served in two separate stacked boxes, with eel in top box and rice in bottom box
having no hobbies; lacking interests; humdrum; tasteless; prosaic; vulgar
exhibition hall (room, area)
evaporation; dehydration; desiccation
south wind; southerly wind; (arch.) summer
overtime pay; overtime money; overtime payment
division (of company); operations department
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
tapir (Tapirus spp.); mo; mythological Chinese chimera similar to a tapir, said to devour bad dreams
ochazuke; rice with tea poured on it
cook-house; galley; kitchen
roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
water plant; aquatic plant; waterweed; hydrophyte
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
thorough checkup; complete examination; complete physical; detailed testing
black ground; black cloth
to telephone; to make a phone call
classification; assortment; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
on duty; at work; while working
mouth-to-mouth feeding; beak-to-beak feeding; mouth-to-mouth (resuscitation); conveying by word of mouth; oral tradition
assistant ...; probationary ...
morning assembly (at a company, school, etc.); morning gathering
French; French food; French cuisine
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
great mountain; large mountain
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
being on duty; being on watch; person on duty
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage