the setting sun; slanting rays of the evening sun / (figuratively) decline, fading

declining aristocracy, an elite class of people displaced by changes in society / (specifically) the Japanese upper class brought to ruin after World War II

The hiragana syllable す (su). Its equivalent in katakana is ス (su). It is the thirteenth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is さ行う段 (sa-gyō u-dan, “row sa, section u”).

nest, hive, den

vinegar (condiment)

sandbank, sandbar

(archaic) to do / (archaic) to cause, become

(chiefly dialectal and colloquial) Alternative form of せる (seru, “causative suffix”)

The hiragana syllable しゃ (sha). Its equivalent in katakana is シャ (sha).

留守: absence