落ち目

おちめ

on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes

noun

freq #37

Example sentences

市長（しちょう）の人気（にんき）が落ち目（おちめ）になった途端（とたん）に、一斉（いっせい）に彼（かれ）に対（たい）する批判（ひはん）が噴（ふ）き出（だ）してきた。

As soon as they realized the mayor was on his way down, his critics started coming out of the woodwork.

あの政治家（せいじか）はいわゆるリクルート・スキャンダルが発覚（はっかく）して以来（いらい）落ち目（おちめ）になってしまった。

That politician has come down in the world since the so-called "Recruit scandal" was publicized.