斜陽 しゃよう setting sun #23,883 Meanings noun setting sun noun, takes の decline (e.g. of industry) noun, work of art, literature, music, etc. name The Setting Sun (1947 novel by Osamu Dazai) given name or forename, gender not specified Shayou Its kanji 斜 シャ · なな.め、はす diagonal, slanting, oblique 陽 ヨウ · ひ sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime