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その
すいたい
衰退
ざっと1950
ねんだい
年代
まで
さかのぼ
ことができる
We can trace the decline roughly to the 1950s.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
0
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
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0 3
1. roughly; in round numbers  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. cursorily; briefly  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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0
noun
age; era; period; date
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0
particle
1. until (a time); till; to; up to  (often written with kana only)
2. to (a place); as far as  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: さかのぼる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to go upstream  (often written with kana only)
2. to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to; to make retroactive  (often written with kana only)
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expression, ichidan verb
can (do); to be able to (do); can be done; is able to be done  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
スイ   おとろえる to grow weak, decline   
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アイ   あわ piteous, sorrowful   あわれむ to feel pity   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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イ   ころも clothes   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
退
タイ   しりぞ to retreat, back off   しりぞける to repel   
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good
move
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
wheel around
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タイ   ダイ   かえる to replace, to exchange   かわる to be exchanged   よ the world   しろ substitute   
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shoot
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ソ   さかのぼ to go upstream, to retrace the past   
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ついたち first day of the month   
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ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
grass sprout
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grass   
sprout (ie, new shoot of a plant)   
move
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