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しぼう
死亡
により
じんこう
人口
は
げんしょう
減少
しつつある。
The population is dying off.
Grammar and points of interest
により により
 
by (means of), through
死亡により人口は減少しつつある。
いる / います and ある / あります いる / います and ある / あります
 
existence; possession
死亡により人口は減少しつつある。
verb stem + つつある verb stem + つつある
 
continues to be / do
死亡により人口は減少しつつある。
Conjugations and inflections
  減少し is the stem form of 'suru' verb 減少   ALL INFLECTIONS
  ある is the plain form of irregular 'ru' godan verb ある   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
し ぼ う 0
1. death; mortality
2. to die; to pass away
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expression
according to; by (means of); due to; because of  (see also: によって; often written with kana only)
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じ ん こ う 0
noun
1. population
2. common talk
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げ ん し ょ う 0
decrease; reduction; decline  (opposite: 増加)
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つ つ 2 つ つ 0
Most common form: 筒
noun
1. pipe; tube; cylinder
2. gun barrel
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あ る 1
irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
死
シ   death   しぬ die   
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歹
death
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夕
セキ   ゆう night   
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タ
katakana 'ta'
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
匕
さじ spoon   
亡
ボウ   モウ   dead   ない to be deceased, to have ceased to be   
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shelf
亠
lid
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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減
ゲン   へる become less   へらす reduce   
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咸
all, together, same   
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戊
number 5, 5th   
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戈
tasseled spear
氵
スイ   みず water   
少
ショウ   すこし a little   すくない few   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
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