"衰退" meaning in Japanese

See 衰退 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [sɨita̠i] Forms: 衰退 [canonical] (ruby: 衰(すい), 退(たい)), suitai [romanization], 衰頽 [alternative, kanji]
Etymology: 退 is a daiyōji replacing 頽 Etymology templates: {{sortkey|ja|衰退}} すいたい, {{ja-daiyouji|退|頽}} 退 is a daiyōji replacing 頽 Head templates: {{ja-noun|すいたい}} 衰(すい)退(たい) • (suitai)
  1. degeneration, decline
    Sense id: en-衰退-ja-noun-Dkun~rL8 Categories (other): Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō) Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 55 45

Verb

IPA: [sɨita̠i] Forms: 衰退する intransitive suru [canonical] (ruby: 衰(すい), 退(たい)), suitai suru [romanization], 衰退し [stem] (ruby: 衰(すい), 退(たい)), 衰退した [past] (ruby: 衰(すい), 退(たい)), 衰頽 [alternative, kanji]
Etymology: 退 is a daiyōji replacing 頽 Etymology templates: {{sortkey|ja|衰退}} すいたい, {{ja-daiyouji|退|頽}} 退 is a daiyōji replacing 頽 Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru|すいたい|tr=intransitive}} 衰(すい)退(たい)する • (suitai suru) intransitive suru (stem 衰(すい)退(たい)し (suitai shi), past 衰(すい)退(たい)した (suitai shita))
  1. decline, decay
    Sense id: en-衰退-ja-verb-u9HLaJVS Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with 頽 replaced by daiyōji 退 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 30 70 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 25 75 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 30 70 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 55 45 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 30 70 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 頽 replaced by daiyōji 退: 25 75
     
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Download raw JSONL data for 衰退 meaning in Japanese (4.4kB)

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