to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire
try-hard award; consolation prize
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
support; backing; aid; assistance
to the best of one's meager ability; the little help one can be; though my help might not be worth much
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
personal use; private use; private business; personal business
additional; extraordinary; outside the norms; special case
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
to make coffee; to brew coffee
backyard; background; room in a store or restaurant not open to customers (often storage room)
instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe
used (ticket, stamp, etc.); spent (fuel, battery, etc.)
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
chop (pro wrestling move); knifehand strike; chop (pork, lamb, etc.); chop (tennis); chop stroke
street at night; making a night journey
guidance; protective custody
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
one more time; once more; once again
eating between meals; snacking
eating only a little; having a small appetite
light eating; spare diet; not eating much
going home from work; on the way home from work
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
persistence; single-mindedness
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
while moving; on the move