gentle; mild; meek; tender
persecution complex; delusion of persecution; paranoia
mask; disguise; guise; mask
aggressiveness; aggression
occurrence; happening; incident; event
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
jumping to a wrong conclusion
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
if it is (the case that ...)
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition
declaration; proclamation; announcement
secret; private; surreptitious
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
contrary to one's expectations
(feeling of) hatred; (strong) dislike; disgust; aversion; revulsion; loathing
2nd day of the month; two days
cutting into chunks (esp. vegetables)
many; numerous; various; large number of
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; noob; weak player