淪りん落らく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

ruin; depravity; corruption

Literary term for moral or social decline; often implies a fall from a higher state. Rare in modern everyday speech; compare 堕落 (だらく) for a more common equivalent.

See also: 堕落

• 彼かれは酒さけに溺おぼれて淪りん落らくの道みちをたどった。

  He fell into ruin through drink.