noun:

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

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

expression:

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

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:

• Chinese name for a high government office (ritsuryo period)
• alias; pseudonym ［からな］ - archaism

noun:

• downloadable content (e.g. for a video game); DLC - From English "download contents"

noun:

• drink box; carton (milk, juice, etc.); paper bag (for vacuum cleaners)

noun:

• container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)

noun:

• fashion style for young women invoking a soft, forest-like feeling

noun:

• hostess club; bar with female companions for male customers - From English "cabaret club" ➜ キャバクラ

noun:

• quota for recommendations (e.g. student admissions, new team members, etc.); recommendation limit

noun / ~の noun:

• a woman's natural inclination to care for others; big-sisterly disposition

noun:

• entry (esp. to vehicles); entrance
• equipage for restraining and mounting horses ［のりくち］ - archaism

expression / noun:

• formal complaint (regarding conduct of a criminal case); appeal for reconsideration; protest - Law term

noun:

• middle-aged woman who looks very young for her age (as through "magic") ➜ 魔女

noun:

• biopower; Foucault's term for the regulation by modern states of their subjects

expression / noun:

• the last remaining piece (which people are reluctant to take for themselves) - Ōsaka dialect