凋ちょう残ざん

na-adjective, noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

ruined; withered; declined

Rare literary term describing something that has fallen into ruin, withered away, or declined. Used for physical decay or metaphorical decline. Modern Japanese more often uses 荒廃した, 枯れた, or 衰退した.

• 凋ちょう残ざんした城しろ跡あとが静しずかに佇たたずんでいた。

  The ruined castle ruins stood quietly.

• かつての繁はん栄えいは凋ちょう残ざんし、今いまは見みる影かげもない。

  Its former prosperity has declined, and now there is no trace of it.