衰おとろえる

おとろえる otoroeru

to become weak
to decline
to wear
to abate
to decay
to wither
to waste away

ichidan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

衰退；减弱

Examples

Furigana

私わたしは体たい力りょくが衰おとろえた。
My physical power has decayed.
我的体力衰退了。
Tatoeba #155242
貿ぼう易えきの活かつ動どうは最さい近きん衰おとろえてきている。
The activity of foreign trade has been declining of late.
贸易活动最近衰退了。
Tatoeba #82479

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('df698ae04e'); // 衰える

{
  "id": "df698ae04e",
  "word": "衰える",
  "reading": "おとろえる",
  "romaji": "otoroeru",
  "meanings": [
    "to become weak",
    "to decline",
    "to wear",
    "to abate",
    "to decay",
    "to wither",
    "to waste away"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "v1",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1372430,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "私は体力が衰えた。",
      "furigana": "{私|わたし}は{体力|たいりょく}が{衰|おとろ}えた。",
      "en": "My physical power has decayed.",
      "tatoeba_id": 155242
    },
    {
      "ja": "貿易の活動は最近衰えてきている。",
      "furigana": "{貿易|ぼうえき}の{活動|かつどう}は{最近|さいきん}{衰|おとろ}えてきている。",
      "en": "The activity of foreign trade has been declining of late.",
      "tatoeba_id": 82479
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "5a2977433f928d80d8c76478326860884f231d30c53f87f2552a9a95cc40ab27",
    "meanings": [
      "衰退",
      "减弱"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "私は体力が衰えた。",
        "zh": "我的体力衰退了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "貿易の活動は最近衰えてきている。",
        "zh": "贸易活动最近衰退了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/df698ae04e",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1372430; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "ce5e12ed458c232442207c9594704dd6e57eef57e426efec612009440ff5a2b0",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}