something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
divide into four pieces; one fourth
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
in the end; at the end of the day
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
life; living; I; me; student
to cease; to stop; to be over
process; course; mechanism
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to leave one's footprints; to leave one's mark on; to leave a message (behind)
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
blunder; slip; error; error
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
folklore studies; folkloristics
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
ancestor; forefather; foremother
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
consideration; taking into account
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
immediately; right away; on the spot
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
degeneration; retrogression
everywhere; at every turn
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little