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衰退

衰頽

Reading

Kana: すいたい
Romaji: suitai
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing

Kanji

Readings: スイ、 おとろ.える
Meanings: decline, wane, weaken
退
Readings: タイ、 しりぞ.く、 しりぞ.ける、 ひ.く、 の.く、 の.ける、 ど.く
Meanings: retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject
Readings: タイ、 くず.れる
Meanings: decline, slide

Example Sentences

()(だい)文明(ぶんめい)はゆっくりと衰退(すいたい)した。
➥Two great civilizations slowly fell into decay.
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その衰退(すいたい)はざっと1950年代(ねんだい)までさかのぼる(こと)出来(でき)る。
➥The decline can be traced to the 1950s.
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簡潔(かんけつ)()うと、ホブボームの論点(ろんてん)は20世紀(せいき)歴史(れきし)文化(ぶんか)衰退(すいたい)歴史(れきし)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.
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そいつは衰退(すいたい)のレトリックというものだ。
➥But it's the rhetoric of failure.
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このまま()くと、5年後(ねんご)日本(にっぽん)衰退(すいたい)しているのは、()()るより(あき)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.
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475(ねん)はローマ帝国(ていこく)の「衰退(すいたい)」を(しめ)(とし)ではあっても、「滅亡(めつぼう)」を意味(いみ)する(とし)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'.
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