network-attached storage; NAS
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to copy; to duplicate; to describe; to depict; to imitate; to model after
(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
otherwise; or else; if not
both (people); the two of them
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
minor cosmetic surgery; nip and tuck
mole under the eye (supposedly due to having cried)
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
to dig one's own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to make a rod for one's own back
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
shoulder strap (on a dress, bag, etc.)
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
sex maniac; seducer; libertine; Lothario; rake
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
senior; elder; person older than oneself
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
with repeated sharp blows; whack after whack; strictly; harshly; vigorously; singlemindedly
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open