Illustration: On an apartment balcony, a resident gently supports the drooping stem of an old potted flowering plant. Its branches are sparse, several leaves have yellowed, and only one small blossom remains.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

衰おとろえ

otoroe

decline, weakening

Example sentences

  1. 自分じぶんの衰おとろえを感かんじた事ことがありますか。

    Do you ever feel like you’re running down?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ただの加齢かれいによる衰おとろえでしょうね。

    It must just be the normal weakening that comes with old age.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. あんまり賢かしこくなれなくてもいいから、感受性かんじゅせいの衰おとろえにだけは全力ぜんりょくで抗あらがっていきたい。

    I don’t mind if I don’t get much smarter, but I want to do everything I can to keep my sensitivity from fading.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 衰

  • 衰decline; waneOnスイKunおとろえる

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