sudden rise; steep climb; trending
wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
difficult to obtain; difficult to get
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum); Japanese littleneck clam
to reflect; to throw back light
(written) explanation; explanatory label (e.g. in a museum); information sign (e.g. at a tourist spot); instructions (e.g. for a product)
dustbin of history; ash heap of history; obscurity; long-forgotten memory
article left behind (at a crime scene, after death, etc.)
(means of) enduring; tiding over; pulling through; food offered to attendants of a funeral
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
route; way; course; directions
bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); frankly; open-heartedly
because; for; the reason why is ...
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
heavy snow; heavy snowfall; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage
protective instinct; defensive instinct
full-time housewife; stay-at-home homemaker
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
to support each other; to support one another
horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)
I; me; myself; (arch.) we; (arch.) us; (arch.) ourselves
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with someone's suggestion; to be talked into doing
(wanting something so badly that) one can almost taste it; (lit.) a hand reaches out from one's throat
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
job hunting; seeking employment
goodbye; see you later; bye-bye; then; and (then); in that case
Rio; Rio de Janeiro (abbr)
to be lost in lust for riches; to throw all caution and conscience away in pursuit of riches
debt collection; debt collector
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation