"斜陽族" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ɕa̠jo̞ːzo̞kɯ̟ᵝ] Forms: 斜陽族 [canonical] (ruby: (しゃ), (よう), (ぞく)), shayōzoku [romanization]
Etymology: From 斜陽(しゃよう) (shayō, “decline”, literally “setting sun”) + 族(ぞく) (zoku, “group of people”). Popularized after publication of the novel Shayō (The Setting Sun) by Osamu Dazai in 1947 (see quotation below). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|斜陽|しゃよう|族|ぞく|lit1=setting sun|t1=decline|t2=group of people}} 斜陽(しゃよう) (shayō, “decline”, literally “setting sun”) + 族(ぞく) (zoku, “group of people”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|しゃようぞく}} 斜(しゃ)陽(よう)族(ぞく) • (shayōzoku)
  1. declining aristocracy, an elite class of people displaced by changes in society
    Sense id: en-斜陽族-ja-noun-dH73gZ2R
  2. (specifically) the Japanese upper class brought to ruin after World War II Tags: specifically
    Sense id: en-斜陽族-ja-noun-Q50KFusn Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 12 88 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 社用族 (shayōzoku) (ruby: 社用族(しゃようぞく)) (english: expense-account users)

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          "ref": "2009 March 29, nazegaku, “Ichi-oku sō shayōzoku jidai [Age of a hundred million declining aristocrats]”, in OLDIES San-chō me no blog",
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