contact print; pancake topped with vegetables, etc.
to go back to the starting point
jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of
new colour; fresh-looking colour (e.g. of plants); vivid colour
ding-dong dash; ding-dong ditch; ringing a doorbell and running away
influencer (e.g. on social media)
what type of thing; which one
resident employee; local staff; representative of a local office; employee assigned to an office
continuous shooting (photography); consecutive shooting; rapid shooting
calico (pattern); tortoiseshell-and-white; calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat
expulsion; dismissal; ejection; drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)
temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
ex-husband; former husband
capital investment; capital expenditure; investment in plant and equipment
to start working; to take action
stupid idiot; total moron
cutting in line; queue jumping
person asking for advice; inquirer; consulter; consultor; counselee; querent (in tarot, astrology, etc.)
deceiving; cheating; fooling
cold reception; unwelcoming treatment
incessant working; working non-stop
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
edict; public announcement
kōji; malted rice; malt; malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)
mountain stream; mountain torrent
to the previous extent; as much as previously; as much as one used to
to strain (one's stomach); to bear down (during childbirth); to push down