[じたい, jitai] (n, vs, adj-no) declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. candidacy); pulling out (e.g. race); excusing oneself; (P) #7827
[ことわり, kotowari] (n) (1) notice; notification; warning; (2) permission; consent; (3) rejection; refusal; nonacceptance; declination; declining; (4) excuse; plea; (P) #15100
[おことわり, okotowari] (n) (pol) (See 断る) declining; nonacceptance; declination; refusal; rejection; turndown
[みぎかたさがり, migikatasagari] (exp) decreasing (graph falling to the right); shrinking; declining
[えいらく, eiraku] (n) flourishing and declining
[したび, shitabi] (n) burning low; waning; declining; (P)
[かそか, kasoka] (n) depopulation; declining population
[ごめん, gomen] (int, n) (uk) your pardon; declining (something); dismissal; permission; (P)
[じぎ, jigi] (n, vs) (1) (See お辞儀) (bowing and) greeting; (2) (arch) declining; refusing
[しゃよう, shayou] (n, adj-no) setting sun; declining; (P)
[しゃようさんぎょう, shayousangyou] (n) sunset industry; declining industry
[しゃようぞく, shayouzoku] (n) declining or impoverished aristocracy
[しょうしか, shoushika] (n, vs) declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children
[しょうしこうれいか, shoushikoureika] (n) (See 少子化, 高齢化) decreasing birthrate and aging population; aging population combined with the diminishing number of children; declining birthrate and a growing proportion of elderly people; dwindling birthrate and an aging population; low birthrate and longevity
[すいうん, suiun] (n) declining fortunes; decadence
[すいたい, suitai] (n, vs) declining; weaken
[たいせい, taisei] (n) decline; one's declining fortunes; decay
[たいせいばんかい, taiseibankai] (n) restoring the declining fortunes; recovering from the discouraging situation; reversing the downward trend
[だいがくぜんにゅうじだい, daigakuzennyuujidai] (exp) era in which university places outnumber university applicants; era of declining enrollment
[はいじ, haiji] (n, vs) resigning; declining
[おいらく, oiraku] (n) old age; declining years
[たいせい, taisei] (n) one's declining fortunes; decay
[たいれい, tairei] (n) declining years