荒廃 (kouhai)

巻名は末摘花(源氏物語)の荒廃した邸に茂るヨモギに因む。

The title of this chapter is derived from the mugwort that had taken over Suetsumuhana's ruined residence.

それを作者の自らの解釈を交えながら、乱による荒廃した都、その哀惜や悲嘆、乱の原因から戦闘場面に移る克明な描写。

It depicts in vivid detail the devastated capital and the grieves and laments of war, from the causes to the scenes of fighting, while mixing in the author's own interpretations.

このことが借地の上に運営されていることと重なって、結果として大規模伐採～森林の荒廃という悪循環を招くこととなった。

This situation, in addition to the fact that the field practice forest was operated on leased land, caused the vicious cycle in large scale logging as well as deterioration of the forest.

したがって、伐採面積をさらに拡大して利益の確保を図るという悪循環に陥ってしまい、演習林の更なる荒廃を招く結果となった。

Therefore, a vicious cycle of expanding the tree-cutting area to increase the profit set in, making the state of the field practice forest further deteriorate.

例えば戦後の荒廃時は、民主主義国として再構築を目指す中、日本に残る独特な封建的な制度・習慣がアメリカや西欧諸国と比較され批判的に検証された。

For example, in the desolated days after the war, while Japan was aiming at reconstruction as a democratic nation, unique feudal system and custom left in Japan were critically inspected, being compared with those in the U.S. and the Western European countries.