衰すい兆ちょう

noun

signs of decline; indications of weakening

A somewhat formal or literary noun referring to observable signs that something is deteriorating, losing strength, or heading toward an end. Often used in written descriptions of health, institutions, or natural phenomena.

• その国くにには衰すい兆ちょうがいくつも見みられた。

  Several signs of decline were observed in that country.

• 病びょう状じょうに衰すい兆ちょうが現あらわれ始はじめた。

  Signs of deterioration began to appear in his condition.