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：2025/12/07
斜陽
Hiragana
しゃよう
Noun
figuratively
Japanese Meaning
夕日の傾いた光や、落ちかけている太陽を指す表現。また比喩的に、全盛期を過ぎて衰えつつある状態や勢力を表す語。
Easy Japanese Meaning
ゆうひが ななめに しずんでいくようす また はんえいが おわりに ちかづき よわっていくこと
Sense（1）
the setting sun; slanting rays of the evening sun
Sense（2）
(figuratively) decline, fading
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the setting sun; slanting rays of the evening sun / (figuratively) decline, fading
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斜陽
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I was watching the setting sun in the park.
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公園で斜陽を眺めていた。
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