SuGoiSuす語彙す蝕
蝕: eclipse
eclipse; eat away at
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Kunむしばむ
In modern writing 食 usually replaces 蝕 (日食, 浸食); 蝕 survives in older spellings and in 蝕む.
Key words
蝕むむしばむto eat away at; to undermine
日蝕にっしょくsolar eclipse (also 日食)
月蝕げっしょくlunar eclipse (also 月食)
侵蝕しんしょくerosion; encroachment
腐蝕ふしょくcorrosion
Example sentences
ストレスが少しずつ彼の健康を蝕んでいった。
Stress gradually ate away at his health.
子どものころ、父と一緒に日蝕を観察したことがある。
When I was a child, I once watched a solar eclipse with my father.
海辺の町では、潮風で鉄の柵が腐蝕しやすい。
In seaside towns, iron fences corrode easily from the sea breeze.