DECLINING

ppr. Leaning; deviating; falling; failing; decaying; tending to a worse state; avoiding; refusing; inflecting.

declining years

de clin ing years ▶plural noun a person's old age, esp. when regarded as the time when health, vigor, and mental faculties deteriorate. • the period leading up to the end of an enterprise or institution: the declining years of the Austro-Hungarian empire.

declining

de cl í n ing 形容詞 ｟主に文 ｠減少 [低下, 衰退 ]する ▸ in one's declining years 晩年に