くだりざか【下り坂】
- 1〔坂の〕a downward slope; a downhill
- 2〔状態の〕
- このところ物価[景気]は下り坂だ
- Recently 「prices have been going down [business has begun to slacken].
- 天気が下り坂だ
- The weather is 「changing for the worse [《口》 going downhill].
- 暑さも下り坂になった
- The heat has begun to ease [《文》 abate].
- 彼の人気も下り坂に向かった
- His popularity has begun to decline.