衰すい退たい一いっ途と

noun

continuous decline; on the wane

Describes a situation or entity that is steadily and seemingly irreversibly declining. Often used in formal or written contexts.

• その産さん業ぎょうは衰すい退たい一いっ途とをたどっている。

  That industry is on a path of continuous decline.

• 地ち方ほう経けい済ざいは衰すい退たい一いっ途とで、打だ開かい策さくが見みつからない。

  The local economy is in steady decline, and no solution has been found.