fading, growing faint
彼の愛情が薄れてきた。
His affection for me has started to fade.
急に日差しが薄れてきた
The sunlight is suddenly starting to fade.
— 羅生門 (1950)
記憶は薄れても、記録は残る。
Even when memories fade, records remain.
彼は立ち去って、雪の中で彼の姿は段々と薄れていた。
He walked away, his figure gradually fading into the snow.