Translation guide
To become weaker, less energetic, or less intense. This concept covers physical decline, fading of energy, and weakening of force or intensity.
Describing a person or living thing becoming weaker, less energetic, or less healthy.
General term for decline in strength, energy, or health. Can be used for people, animals, or abstract things like memory.
To become weak or weakened, often physically or mentally. More casual than 衰える.
To lose one's energy or spirit. Common in everyday speech.
You've lost your energy lately, haven't you?
To wither, lose vigor, or become dispirited. Often used for plants or motivation.
Describing something like wind, sound, light, or an activity becoming less intense or dying down.
As you get older, your physical strength declines.
病気で体が弱った。
My body became weak from illness.
暑さで花が萎えた。
The flowers wilted in the heat.
To weaken, abate, or become less intense. Used for wind, rain, sound, etc.
The wind died down.
Also used for abstract decline in intensity, like influence or momentum.
The momentum weakens.
To drop, fall, or decline. Used for energy, enthusiasm, or quality.
My concentration dropped.