The act of following in sequence; succession. / A sequence of things arranged in order; succession.

falling away / omission / dropping out

fall off, fall out / be left out, be omitted / drop out

a phenomenon

同じ: same; common, similar

imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 同じる (dōjiru) [ichidan]: agreeing / imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of 同ずる (dōzuru) [irregular]: agreeing

same, identical / common, similar

(colloquial) same, identical / (colloquial) common, similar

anyhow, anyway

(informal) The iteration mark 々, which indicates that the previous kanji ought to be repeated.