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土壌浸食 (どじょうしんしょく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

土ど壌じょう浸しん食しょく

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Meanings

1

noun

soil erosion

Technical term for the process by which soil is worn away by water, wind, or other natural forces.

土ど壌じょう浸しん食しょくを防ふせぐために植しょく林りんが行おこなわれた。
Trees were planted to prevent soil erosion.
この地ち域いきでは土ど壌じょう浸しん食しょくが深

しん

刻こく

な

問もん

題だい

に

なっ

て

いる

。

Soil erosion has become a serious problem in this area.

Written forms

土ど壌じょう浸しん食しょく
Standard kanji spelling for soil erosion; 浸食 suggests gradual wearing away.
土ど壌じょう侵しん食しょく
Variant using 侵 (invade/encroach); also seen in technical contexts.
土ど壌じょう侵しん蝕しょく
Uses the older 蝕 character; less common in modern writing.
土ど壌じょう浸しん蝕しょく
Mixed variant with 浸 and 蝕; rarely used.

Kanji

土soil, earth, ground
壌lot, earth, soil
浸immersed, soak, dip
食eat, food
侵encroach, invade, raid
蝕eclipse, occultation, be defective

Similar words

浸しん食しょく
浸食 is the general term for erosion (by water, wind, etc.), while 土壌浸食 specifically refers to soil erosion.
土ど砂しゃ崩くずれ
土砂崩れ is a landslide or mudslide, a sudden event, whereas 土壌浸食 is a gradual process.

Etymology

Compound of 土壌 (soil) and 浸食 (erosion). The term is a direct combination of its components, with no irregular historical derivation.