expression / adjective:

• lost for words; not knowing what to say by way of excuse (refutation)

adjectival noun:

• restless; on edge (and unable to concentrate); distracted

adverb:

• for some reason - of an emotional or psychological state ➜ そぞろに

noun:

• (printed) itinerary
• road map; program (for the solution of a political problem, etc.) ➜ ロードマップ

noun:

• small scale production model kit (e.g. for figurines) - From English "garage kit" ➜ ガレキ・フィギュア

noun:

• favorable condition (for entering the priesthood) - Buddhism term
• dying in order (from oldest to youngest)

noun:

• waiting for the sun (traditional all-night event of worship and neighbourhood fellowship) ➜ 月待ち【つきまち】

noun:

• Korean mussel (Mytilus coruscus) - slang ➜ 貽貝
• silicone receptacle used for male masturbation

noun:

• Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・蒼竜【そうりょう】

suffix / counter:

• counter for fish, shrimp, etc.

noun:

• Law for the Protection of Personal Information Retained by Independent Administrative Institutions (2003)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get stiff legs (after walking or standing up for a long time) - idiom

noun:

• being-for-others (philosophical term used by Hegel and Sartre (etre-en-soi))

noun:

• round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves) - Buddhism term ➜ 布団

expression:

• there's no medicine for stupidity - proverb ➜ 馬鹿に付ける薬は無い

expression / adjective:

• very messy (of a floor); no space even for one's feet [literal] - idiom

noun:

• ceremony held to pray for good weather (during long periods of rain)

expression:

• zombie businesses (firms that would have failed but for government intervention)

noun:

• machine for making (white) lines (in sport fields, etc.) - From English "line car"

noun:

• allotment of rice paddies for cultivation during the cultivator's lifetime (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• facing a wall for nine years in meditation (by Bodhidharma at Shaolin Temple) - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• tourist bus with high seating for better sight-seeing - From English "high decker, high-deck car" ➜ 観光バス

noun:

• waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to exit - slang ➜ 入り待ち

noun:

• celestial body seen only for a short time (e.g. comet)

noun:

• red and black lacquered sake cask with horn-like handles, used for ceremonies ➜ 酒樽

noun:

• stone for cutting one's pubic hair (in public baths)(Edo period) - archaism

noun:

• public storehouse used to store grain or valuables collected for taxation (ritsuryo system)