退たい潮ちょう

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

ebb tide; waning fortunes

Literal ebb tide, and figurative decline of power, influence, or prosperity. Often used in formal or written contexts.

• 退たい潮ちょうの時じ刻こくを調しらべてから釣つりに出でかけた。

  I checked the time of the ebb tide before going fishing.

• その政せい党とうは退たい潮ちょうの一途いちずをたどっている。

  That political party is steadily declining.