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Search Terms: *衰

Dictionary results(showing 10 results)


noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
senility, senile decay, infirmity (through age)

noun
rise and fall, ups and downs, welfare, vicissitudes

noun, auxillary suru verb
attenuation, damping, decay

noun
rise and fall, prosperity and decline, vicissitudes(yojijukugo)

noun
five signs of the impending death of a heavenly being(Buddhist term)

expression
even the prosperous inevitably decay, sic transit gloria mundi, all that's fair must fade(yojijukugo, Buddhist term)(from the Humane King Sutra)
Other readings:
盛者必衰【しょうしゃひっすい】
盛者必衰【しょうじゃひっすい】
盛者必衰【せいじゃひっすい】

noun
prosperity and decay, rise and fall, ebb and flow, vicissitudes (of fortune)(yojijukugo)

noun
inevitable decline (decay, collapse, etc.)(archaism)

Kanji results(showing 1 results)


Written with 10 strokes
Taught in Junior high
decline, wane, weaken
KUN:
  • おとろ.える
    otoro.eru
ON:
  • スイ
    sui

Sentence results (showing 4 results)


Grandfather is quite senile

かれ
ろうすい
老衰
ねん
まえ
He died of old age two years ago

えいせいすい
栄枯盛衰
なら
習い
A man's life has its ups and downs

ろうすい
老衰
ろうせい
老成
Don't grow old, grow wise