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
取って 記憶力 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 ともに 記憶力 衰えてきた 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 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 いつか 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 腐敗 それ による 狐裘蒙戎 によって 帝国 衰退 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 老衰 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 習い 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 習い

Prosperity and decline are the way of the world.

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