Keyword
decline
Info
FrequencyTop 1900-2000
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 3
Heisig2037
Readings
すい
(57%)
Composed of
lid
mouth
one
cape
Used in kanji (4 in total)
straw raincoat
a coat raincoat
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Used in vocabulary (52 in total)
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
Examples (24 in total)
His health has been getting worse since the accident.
Her health has been declining these past few months.
The flame has begun to fade.
His strength slowly declined.
His health has begun to decline.
As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.
The sunlight gradually decreased.
The activity of foreign trade has been declining of late.
You will recover from your weakness soon.
His memory is deteriorating with age.
His memory has been decaying because of age.
Tom's popularity has decreased.
Tom's eyesight is deteriorating.
As humans age, their physical strength declines.
After the volcanic eruption, this species declined.
The decline can be traced to the 1950s.
As we grow older, our memory becomes weaker.
He wishes to resign on the grounds that his health is failing.
As I grew older, my health declined.
Grandfather is quite senile.
He died of old age two years ago.
Kaneko was so stressed out at her new job that she had a nervous breakdown.
He was weak from the loss of blood.
Many local traditions have fallen into decay in recent years.