Gentai

減退 (Gentai) is a Japanese noun meaning “decline, ebb, failure, decay”.

Meanings

  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbdecline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss

Examples

  • Sudden decrease in appetite is sometimes a sign of illness.

  • As the recession set in, temporary employees were laid off one after another.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 減退

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