衰える
otoroeru
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither; to waste away
Example sentences
年をとるにつれて記憶力は段々衰える。
As we grow older, our memory becomes weaker.
文明が進むにつれて、詩は殆ど必然的に衰える。
As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.
暖炉には薪が足りず、早くも火勢が衰え始めている。
Without enough wood on the fire, the flames are already beginning to die down.