batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
indeed; really; truly; very much
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
second edition; additional printing
guess; speculation; supposition
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo
grazing; touching lightly; squeezing (someone for money); percentage; kickback
right hook (e.g. in boxing, etc.)
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
fanatic; fanatic believer; zealot
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
tag-team match (pro wrestling)
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
let's see what you've got; show me what you've got
standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection