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last man (Nietzsche's archetypal passive nihilist)

sketch comedy show

chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

to make the same

climatological normal (30-year average of a climatic element)

every spring

manual-transmission car

A flat major

returning something to its original state (e.g. of an apartment when moving out)

vocational training college

laundry box

Aum Shinrikyo incidents (including the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway)

local woman treated as a spouse by an already-married foreigner

at the critical moment

photofunctionalization (UV reactivation of implant surfaces)

the biggest fish is always the one that got away

polytechnic college (with two-year and four-year courses)

being discovered by one's parents (of a secret, wrongdoing, etc.)

employer's liability

angry face

irregular conjugation

specially bound edition

heated mattress pad

to become dim-witted

liangpi (cold, noodle-like Chinese dish)

one-legged batting stance

double-sided tape

(instance of) failure

produce shop (usu. local)

second-hand car with one previous owner