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On signs, etc.

Closed Today

no rest; working nonstop

to draw breath; to take a rest after work; to have a breather; to take a break

legal holiday

4-day weekend

temporary suspension (of business); brief shutdown

Proverb

it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all

Abbreviation

annual leave; annual paid vacation; annual paid holiday

leave; furlough

temporary layoff

citizen's holiday; by law, any weekday that falls between two other national holidays (e.g. between 1985 and 2006 May 4, now Greenery Day)

menstrual leave

having no fixed days off; having no regular closing days; having no regular holidays

sick leave; paid sick days

annual (paid) leave; annual paid vacation; annual paid holiday

holiday given in recognition of one's service

Sumo

quitting the tournament in progress due mostly to injury

booklet with homework assignments for the summer vacation

student strike

planned mass transit service suspension (as a precaution ahead of typhoons, etc.)

idle; unused; fallow

post-birth maternity leave; eight weeks of compulsory leave following childbirth, plus an optional further six weeks

rest; breaktime

idle land

Abbreviation

special holiday