衰

JLPT N1 Kanji · Practice Flashcards

衰 — decline, wane, weaken

JLPT N1
10 strokes
Secondary (Jōyō)
Radical 衣
#1432 most frequent

Flashcards

Readings

On'yomi 音読み: スイ
Kun'yomi 訓読み: おとろ.える

Example words & Vocabulary

老衰ろうすい

senility, senile decay

衰えるおとろえる

to become weak, to decline, to wear, to abate, to decay, to wither, to waste away

Example sentences 3

風かぜがやや衰おとろえた。

The wind abated a little.

私わたしは体力たいりょくが衰おとろえた。

My physical power has decayed.

彼かれは健康けんこうが衰おとろえた。

He declined in health.