(v5r, vt)to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under→Related words:
上回る
日本の1998年末の金・外貨準備高は689億ドルで、1年前の770億ドルを下回った。 Japan's gold and foreign exchange reserves stood at $68.9 billion at the end of 1998, down from $77.0 billion a year earlier.
(v5r)to become decrepit; to be in one's dotage; to become dull; to lose one's astuteness; to lose one's touch; to become senile; to lose one's edge; to go downhill
彼の今回の判断、理解に苦しむね。焼きが回ったということかね。 I have a hard time seeing the logic of this latest decision of his. He just isn't as sharp as he used to be.