凋落する

• 読み: ちょうらくする
• ローマ字: chorakusuru
• 漢字の分解: 凋 (chou) — to wither, to droop; 落 (raku/o) — to fall, to decline
• 発音: /tɕoː.ɾa.kɯ.sɯ.ɾɯ/

意味

To decline; to wither; to fall into decay. Describes the gradual deterioration of power, prestige, or vitality.

A Group 3 (suru) verb of Sino-Japanese origin. 凋落 carries a literary, melancholy tone, evoking the image of a flower withering and falling. Used to describe the downfall of empires, careers, or cultural movements rather than physical deterioration. Appears frequently in historical and political writing.

例文

1. かつて栄えた王朝も、やがて凋落する運命にあった。
2. 彼の政治的影響力は汚職スキャンダルで急速に凋落した。
3. 産業の凋落が地方経済に深刻な打撃を与えた。

使い方ガイド

場面: history, politics, literary criticism

トーン: literary

起源と歴史

From Chinese 凋落 (diāoluò). The character 凋 depicts a plant wilting, and 落 means to fall. Together they paint a vivid image of organic decay, later adopted into Japanese to describe institutional or social decline.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated