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おとろえる
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
1. to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither; to waste away
Alt. forms
衰おとろえる
95%
おとろえる
4%
Pitch accent
お
とろ
える
お
とろえ
る
Conjugations...Used in: 84
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
to become emaciated; to waste away; to grow thin and worn out
to waste away
Examples (14 in total)
Tom's popularity has decreased.
The flame has begun to fade.
His strength slowly declined.
The sunlight gradually decreased.
The activity of foreign trade has been declining of late.
His memory is deteriorating with age.
His health has been getting worse since the accident.
As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.
He wishes to resign on the grounds that his health is failing.
Her health has been declining these past few months.
As humans age, their physical strength declines.
As we grow older, our memory becomes weaker.
As I grew older, my health declined.
After the volcanic eruption, this species declined.