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Secondary schoolJLPT N1

decline, wane, weaken

10 strokes · frequency rank #1432

On
スイ
Kun
おとろ.える

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Common words

  1. ろうすいsenility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)1
    • He died of old age two years ago.

    • Don't grow old, grow wise!

    • Grandfather is quite senile.

  2. おとろえweakening; emaciation; decline2
    • Do you ever feel like you're running down?

    • The fireplace, lacking firewood, flames already starting to lose their vigour.

  3. すいじゃくweakness; debility; breakdown; prostration3
    • You will recover from your weakness soon.

    • He was wasted away by illness.

    • Some of the children were too weak to stay on their feet.

  4. すいたいdecline; degeneration; decay; waning4
    • Although 475AD is the year that shows the 'decline' of the Roman Empire, it is not the year of its 'fall'.

    • Two great civilizations slowly fell into decay.

    • But it's the rhetoric of failure.

  5. おとろえるto become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate5
    • My physical power has decayed.

    • The wind abated a little.

    • He declined in health.

  6. げんすいattenuation; damping; decay6
  7. せいすいrise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes7
  8. ふるびおとろえるto waste away8

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