衰退
すいたい
decline; degeneration; decay; waning
Common word
Meanings
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
Example sentences
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Two great civilizations slowly fell into decay.
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But it's the rhetoric of failure.
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The decline can be traced to the 1950s.
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Will humanity be able to prevent the degradation of ecosystems?
このまま町が衰退していくのを指をくわえて見ているわけにはいかない。
We can't sit there looking wistfully on as this city falls into decay.
More examples (3)
このまま行くと、5年後日本が衰退しているのは、火を見るより明らかである。
If we continue like this, it's as clear as day that the Japan of five years on will be in decline.
簡潔に言うと、ホブボームの論点は20世紀の歴史は文化衰退の歴史であるということだ。
Briefly stated, Hobsbawm's thesis is that the history of the twentieth century is that of the decline of civilization.
475年はローマ帝国の「衰退」を示す年ではあっても、「滅亡」を意味する年ではありません。
Although 475AD is the year that shows the 'decline' of the Roman Empire, it is not the year of its 'fall'.