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おとろえる
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
1. to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither; to waste away
Moreover, there is still no sign of its popularity declining.
Alt. forms
衰おとろえる
95%
おとろえる
4%
Pitch accent
お
とろ
える
お
とろえ
る
Conjugations...Used in: 92
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
to become emaciated; to waste away; to grow thin and worn out
to waste away
Examples (18 in total)
The momentum has not declined.
I am still far from declining.
Tom's popularity has decreased.
The flame has begun to fade.
His strength slowly declined.
The sunlight gradually decreased.
Her health has been declining these past few months.
The activity of foreign trade has been declining of late.
His memory is deteriorating with age.
As humans age, their physical strength declines.
As we grow older, our memory becomes weaker.
As I grew older, my health declined.
His health has been getting worse since the accident.
After the volcanic eruption, this species declined.
Moreover, there is still no sign of its popularity declining.
Her chin doesn't come up, and her arm swing never weakens.
As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.
He wishes to resign on the grounds that his health is failing.