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枯菊

かれぎく
withered chrysanthemum in winter
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藪枯らし

藪枯
やぶがらし、ヤブガラシ
bushkiller (species of herbaceous plant, Cayratia japonica)
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尾羽打ち枯らす

尾羽うち枯らす
おはうちからす
to be in a miserable state; to be down and out
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枯滝

涸滝、涸れ滝、枯れ滝
かれたき
dried up waterfall; dry waterfall; simulated waterfall in a dry garden
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枯槁

ここう
withering; dying (plants); growing skinny; wasting away
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枯木死灰

こぼくしかい
withered trees and cold ash; someone who is detached and free of desires; someone who has no vitality
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枯木寒巌

こぼくかんがん
withered trees and frozen rocks; a person that is hard to approach
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尽れる

末枯れる、闌れる
v1
vi
すがれる
to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near); to fade; to shrivel; to pass one's prime; to start deteriorating; to begin to decline
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声が枯れる

声がかれる、声が嗄れる
こえがかれる
to become hoarse
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痩せても枯れても

やせても枯れても
exp
やせてもかれても
even though one has fallen on hard times; however down on one's luck one may be