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    3. 衰え

    衰え

    衰おとろえ​

    weakening

    KMT8News #15+1NounMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab12 strokes

    おとろえ

    Noun

    1.
    weakening, emaciation, decline

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    年ねん齢れいとともに体からだの衰おとろえを感かんじます。

    I feel my body weakening with age.

    KMT6Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    彼かれの記き憶おく力りょくの衰おとろえは明あきらかだった。

    The decline in his memory was evident.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthEmotions & Psychology
    昔むかしは強つよかったチームも、主しゅ力りょく選せん手しゅの衰おとろえとともに成せい績せきが落おちた。

    Even the team that was strong in the past saw its performance decline with the weakening of its key players.

    KMT8Sports & Martial Arts
    経けい済ざいの衰おとろえが国こく民みん生せい活かつに深しん刻こくな影えい響きょうを与あたえている。

    The decline of the economy is having a serious impact on people's lives.

    KMT9Business & FinancePolitics & Law
    早そう期き発はっ見けんと治ち療りょうが、病びょう気きによる身しん体たいの衰おとろえを遅おくらせる鍵かぎとなる。

    Early detection and treatment are key to delaying the physical weakening caused by illness.

    KMT9Medicine & Health

    Characters that make up this word

    衰
    おとろ.える…(1)
    decline・wane・weaken
    Kanji
    え
    e
    Kana
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