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“Being lost for words” in Japanese

Short answer
絶句 zekku ぜっく

Being lost for words in Japanese is “絶句” (zekku). Full meaning: being lost for words, becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables).

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