栄枯盛衰

えいこせいすい

ups and downs of life, vicissitudes of fortune

消長盛衰

しょうちょうせいすい

prosperity and decay, rise and fall, ebb and flow, vicissitudes (of fortune)

興亡盛衰

こうぼうせいすい

rise and fall, prosperity and decline, vicissitudes

盛衰興亡

せいすいこうぼう

rise and fall, ups and downs, waxing and waning, prosperity and decline, vicissitudes

盛者必衰

しょうしゃひっすい しょうじゃひっすい じょうしゃひっすい せいじゃひっすい じょう しゃひっすい

sic transit gloria mundi

老衰

ろうすい

senility, senile decay, infirmity (through age)

衰亡

すいぼう

ruin, downfall, collapse

衰死

すいし

becoming emaciated and die, wither away

減衰

げんすい

attenuation, damping, decay

衰滅

すいめつ

decline, downfall, ruin(ation)

衰弱

すいじゃく

weakness, debility, breakdown, prostration

衰態

すいたい

weakened condition, state of decline

衰替

すいたい

weakening, declining

衰色

すいしょく

fading color, fading colour, fading beauty

衰微

すいび

decline, decadence, ebb tide

衰運

すいうん

declining fortunes, decadence

衰勢

すいせい

downward tendency, decay, decline

衰残

すいざん

emaciated, worn-out

五衰

five signs of the impending death of a heavenly being