凋ちょう尽じん

noun

withering; decay; decline

Archaic noun for the process of withering away, decaying, or declining. Rare in modern Japanese; encountered mainly in classical or literary contexts.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんには、草くさ木きの凋ちょう尽じんを嘆なげく歌うたが残のこっている。

  In old documents, poems lamenting the withering of plants remain.