"栄枯盛衰" meaning in Japanese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "栄枯盛衰",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "栄",
          "えい"
        ],
        [
          "枯",
          "こ"
        ],
        [
          "盛",
          "せい"
        ],
        [
          "衰",
          "すい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eikoseisui",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "榮枯盛衰",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji",
        "kyūjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "えいこせいすい"
      },
      "expansion": "栄(えい)枯(こ)盛(せい)衰(すい) • (eikoseisui)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 4 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rise and fall (of the Roman Empire etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-栄枯盛衰-ja-noun-StebZVZG",
      "links": [
        [
          "rise",
          "rise"
        ],
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "えーこ・せーすい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[e̞ːko̞se̞ːsɨi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "栄枯盛衰"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "栄枯盛衰",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "栄",
          "えい"
        ],
        [
          "枯",
          "こ"
        ],
        [
          "盛",
          "せい"
        ],
        [
          "衰",
          "すい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eikoseisui",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "榮枯盛衰",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "kanji",
        "kyūjitai"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "えいこせいすい"
      },
      "expansion": "栄(えい)枯(こ)盛(せい)衰(すい) • (eikoseisui)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
        "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 枯 read as こ",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 栄 read as えい",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 盛 read as せい",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 衰 read as すい",
        "Japanese terms with 4 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese yojijukugo",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rise and fall (of the Roman Empire etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rise",
          "rise"
        ],
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "えーこ・せーすい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[e̞ːko̞se̞ːsɨi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "栄枯盛衰"
}