蝕
蝕

eclipse, occultation, be defective

15 strokes

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ショク

Kun

むしば.む

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Common Words

食蝕しょくNounFreq #4082
1

Astronomy

eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.); occultation

蝕むむしばむ虫食むIntransitiveTransitiveGodan verbFreq #10949
1

to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms

2

to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin; to undermine; to gnaw at (one's heart, body, etc.); to eat into; to destroy

Examples
彼の名誉は貪欲によってむしばまれた。
His honor was corroded by greed.
侵食侵蝕しんしょくNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #12571
1

encroachment

Examples
都市化が田園生活をどんどん侵食しています。
Urbanization is encroaching on rural life.
2

Geology

erosion; corrosion

浸食しんしょく浸蝕NounTransitive～する VerbFreq #19747
1

Geology

erosion; corrosion

腐食腐蝕ふしょくNounFreq #27976
1

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb; Intransitive verb

rot; decay; erosion

Examples
その神社の腐食の原因の一つは酸性雨である。
The decay of the shrine is due, in part, to acid rain.
2

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb; Intransitive verb

corrosion; etching; rust

Examples
ほら、錆で金属がどんどん腐食しているよ。
Hey, rust is eating away the metal.
3

腐食 only; Biology

saprophagy

日食日蝕にっしょくNounFreq #61317
1

Astronomy

solar eclipse

Examples
日食はまれにしか起こらない。
An eclipse of the sun is a rare appearance.
月食月蝕げっしょくNounFreq #75672
1

Astronomy

lunar eclipse

Examples
月食は珍しい現象だ。
An eclipse of the moon is a rare phenomenon.
皆既日食かいきにっしょく皆既日蝕NounFreq #91800
1

Astronomy

total solar eclipse

Examples
来年６月２２日に観測される皆既日食。
The total solar eclipse can be observed next year on June 22nd.
食害しょくがい蝕害NounTransitive～する VerbFreq #114714
1

damage to crops by vermin (esp. insects); pest damage

乾食乾蝕かんしょくNounFreq #117598
1

dry rot

2

dry corrosion

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