式しき微び

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

extreme decline; decay

Formal or literary term describing a severe deterioration or downfall, often of institutions, cultures, or states. Can be used as a noun or with する as an intransitive verb.

• その帝てい国こくは式しき微びの一途いちずをたどった。

  The empire followed a path of extreme decline.

• 伝でん統とう文ぶん化かが式しき微びしている現げん状じょうを憂うれう。

  I lament the current state of traditional culture falling into decay.