斜陽

しゃよう

Meanings

1. Noun setting sun
2. Noun, の-adjective decline (e.g. of industry)

Kanji

• 斜 diagonal. Read as シャ.
• 陽 sunshine. Read as ヨウ.

Words containing 斜陽

• 斜陽産業 (しゃようさんぎょう) sunset industry
• 斜陽族 (しゃようぞく) declining or impoverished aristocracy

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