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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
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rise and fall, ups and downs, welfare, vicissitudes

noun, auxillary suru verb
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attenuation, damping, decay

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

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

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

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

Kanji results(showing 1 results)


衰
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
彼
ろうすい
老衰
に
二
ねん
年
まえ
前
He died of old age two years ago

えいこせいすい
栄枯盛衰
よ
世
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