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    3. 衰える

    衰える

    衰おとろえ​る​

    to become weak

    N1KMT9News #26+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab13 strokes

    おとろえる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to become weak, to decline, to wear, to abate, to decay, to wither, to waste away

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    年としを取とると、体たい力りょくは衰おとろえるものです。

    As you get older, your physical strength declines.

    KMT7Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    彼かれの記き憶おく力りょくは、最さい近きん少すこし衰おとろえてきたようだ。

    His memory seems to have declined a bit recently.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthEmotions & Psychology
    適てき切せつなケアを怠おこたると、どんなに強きょう靭じんな肉にく体たいもやがて衰おとろえる。

    If proper care is neglected, even the strongest body will eventually decline.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthScience & Math
    運うん動どう不ぶ足そくは、筋きん肉にくが衰おとろえる原げん因いんの一ひとつです。

    Lack of exercise is one cause of muscle weakening.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthSports & Martial Arts
    放ほう置ちされた木もく造ぞう建けん築ちくは、時じ間かんの経けい過かとともに徐じょ々じょに衰おとろえていく。

    Neglected wooden structures gradually decay with the passage of time.

    KMT9Nature & EnvironmentArt & Design

    Characters that make up this word

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