Kanji

衰

decline, wane, weaken

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

10 strokes

Radical

衣部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

スイ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

おとろえる

Common Readings

スイ, おとろ…える

Example sentences

衰える おとろえる
彼は年を取っても、記憶力が全く衰えていない。

Even as he gets older, his memory has not declined at all.

記憶力 きおくりょく
年齢とともに記憶力が衰えてきたと感じる。

I feel that my memory has been declining with age.

衰弱 すいじゃく
長い病気生活で、彼の体はすっかり衰弱していた。

Due to a long period of illness, his body was completely debilitated.

衰退 すいたい
かつて栄えた文明もいつかは衰退する

Even civilizations that once flourished will eventually decline.

狐裘蒙戎 こきゅうもうじゅう
高官たちの腐敗とそれによる狐裘蒙戎によって、帝国は衰退の道を辿った。

The empire fell into decline due to the corruption of high officials and the resulting national chaos.

老衰 ろうすい
祖父は老衰で亡くなりました。

My grandfather passed away from old age.

栄枯盛衰 えいこせいすい
栄枯盛衰は世の習いと言われる。

It is said that rise and fall is the way of the world.

習い ならい
栄枯盛衰は世の習いだ。

Prosperity and decline are the way of the world.

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