enamel; enamelled metalware (sinks, pots, etc.)
splint; brace; epithesis; splice; support (e.g. for a plant); prop
brimming; full to the point of overflowing; loose; baggy
good (place to leave off); convenient
artificial incubation; artificial hatching
flea powder; flea medicine; flea medication; getting rid of fleas; killing fleas
day off (between working days); 50th, 53rd, 55th or 59th day of the sexagenary cycle; non-fever day (when running an intermittent fever, e.g. malaria)
watercolors; watercolours; watercolor paint; watercolour paint
corduroy; corded velveteen
to write out; to express; to describe; to publish
English version; English translation
pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize someone (recognise); feigning ignorance; playing innocent
wild oat (Avena fatua); wild oats; oat (Avena sativa); oats
to be replaced with new growth
storm petrel (any bird of family Hydrobatidae)
measure; square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper); box (e.g. on a form)
The Diary of a Young Girl (journals of Anne Frank, published in 1947)
Yōko Ogawa (1962.3.30-; writer)
to be a good match for; to stand a chance against; to be able to compete with; to hold one's own
waste management (garbage collection) industry
to withdraw money; to take money out
lonesome; lonely; forlorn