斜陽

Chinese

slanting positive (electric.); sun; male
trad. (斜陽)
simp. (斜阳)

Pronunciation


Noun

斜陽

  1. (literary) setting sun

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しゃ
Grade: S
よう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しゃよー [shàyóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕa̠jo̞ː]

Noun

(しゃ)(よう) • (shayō) 

  1. the setting sun; slanting rays of the evening sun
  2. (figurative) decline, fading
    斜陽(しゃよう)産業(さんぎょう)
    shayō sangyō
    a declining industry

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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