spirituality; spiritual nature
to bring; to take; to bring about
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
deadly serious; deadly earnest
index finger; forefinger; second toe
button (clothing); push-button
there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
again (and again); once again; yet again
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to take back; to recapture
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to have a talk; to tell a story
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
I see; that's right; indeed
recovery; rescue; recapture
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)