to be imaginable; to be conceivable
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to repent; to be penitent
adoration; admiration; devotion
badness; evilness; bad; evil
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar)
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
thickness; profundity; depth
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
compared to our company's products (a phrase often used in advertising when comparing old and new products); in this company's comparison; as I see it; by my estimate
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
moment to quit; way to quit
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
croak; ribbit; sound of frogs
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
small token (of gratitude); my (humble) feelings
to apologize; to apologise
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
to make the sign of the cross; to bless oneself; to cross oneself
it's been a long time; long time no see