Word Meaning 斜陽

しゃよう shayou

斜陽 is read as しゃよう (shayou) and means Shayou.

Meaning

English

  1. Shayou
  2. The Setting Sun (1947 novel by Osamu Dazai)
  3. decline (e.g. of industry)
  4. setting sun

Reading

Kana

しゃよう

Romaji

shayou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 11231 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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斜陽産業

しゃようさんぎょう

sunset industry

斜陽族

しゃようぞく

declining or impoverished aristocracy

ななめ

distorted (feeling)

斜め

ななめ

distorted (feeling)

斜面

しゃめん

slope

斜体

しゃたい

division ring

斜面対策工

しゃめんたいさくこう

slope stabilization

斜交不整合

しゃこうふせいごう

angular unconformity

陰陽

いんよう

cosmic dual forces

太陽

たいよう

Sun

よう

(the) positive

山陽

さんよう

south side of a mountain