斜陽産業

Reading

Kana: しゃようさんぎょう
Romaji: shayousangyō
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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sunset industry; declining industry

Kanji

Readings: シャ、 なな.め、 はす
Meanings: diagonal, slanting, oblique
Readings: ヨウ、 ひ
Meanings: sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime
Readings: サン、 う.む、 う.まれる、 うぶ-、 む.す
Meanings: products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property
Readings: ギョウ、 ゴウ、 わざ
Meanings: business, vocation, arts, performance

Example Sentence

米屋(べいや)さんは、()わずと()れた斜陽(しゃよう)産業(さんぎょう)
➥Needless to say, dealing in rice is a declining industry.
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