to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
society; public; community; social studies
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
being actualized; becoming apparent; becoming tangible; surfacing
innermost depths of one's heart
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
prejudice; bias; distorted view
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
self-consciousness; self-awareness
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to spend time (on doing something)
to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)
common idea; common wisdom; generally accepted idea
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
ignorance; (lack of) enlightenment or civilization (civilisation); unenlightened; uncivilized; uncivilised
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
goodness; excellence; virtue
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
ill will; malice; evil intent
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip