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侵す · godan verb (-su)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	侵おかす	侵おかさない
Polite	侵おかします	侵おかしません
Past polite	侵おかしました	侵おかしませんでした
Past	侵おかした	侵おかさなかった
Te-form	侵おかして	侵おかさないで
Desire	侵おかしたい	侵おかしたくない
Potential	侵おかせる	侵おかせない
Passive	侵おかされる	侵おかされない
Causative	侵おかさせる	侵おかさせない
Causative passive	侵おかさせられる	侵おかさせられない
Volitional	侵おかそう
Polite volitional	侵おかしましょう
Imperative	侵おかせ	侵おかすな
Conditional	侵おかせば	侵おかさなければ
Tara conditional	侵おかしたら	侵おかさなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

invade; raid; violate; intrude; trespass

Used for military invasion, unauthorized entry into territory, airspace, or private property. Strong connotation of violating boundaries.

敵てき軍ぐんが国こっ境きょうを侵おかした。
The enemy army invaded the border.
その飛ひ行こう機きは日本にほんの領りょう空くうを侵おかした。
The aircraft violated Japanese airspace.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

infringe; encroach

Abstract use: infringing on rights, privacy, or territory in a non-physical sense. Often used with 権利, プライバシー, 領域.

その法ほう律りつは国こく民みんの権けん利りを侵おかしている。
That law infringes on citizens' rights.
彼かれの行こう動どうは私わたしのプライバシーを侵おかすものだ。
His actions encroach on my privacy.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

harm; afflict; affect

Rare usage, often replaced by 冒す in modern Japanese. Refers to causing harm or affliction, especially by disease or disaster. See cross-reference to 冒す.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉の領りょう土どを侵おかすto invade the territory of a place
敵てき軍ぐんが隣りん国ごくの領りょう土どを侵おかした。
The enemy army invaded the neighboring country's territory.
〈人ひと〉のプライバシーを侵おかすto invade someone's privacy
無む断だんで写しゃ真しんを公こう開かいすることは彼かれのプライバシーを侵おかす行こう為いだ。
Publishing his photo without permission is an act that invades his privacy.
〈人ひと〉の自じ由ゆうを侵おかすto infringe on someone's freedom
法ほう律りつは個こ人じんの自じ由ゆうを不ふ当とうに侵おかしてはならない。
The law must not unjustly infringe on individual freedom.

Expressions

国こっ境きょうを侵おかすviolate the border; invade the frontier
権けん利りを侵おかすinfringe upon someone's right; violate a right
秘ひ密みつを侵おかす罪つみbreach of confidence; crime of revealing a secret

Kanji

侵encroach, invade, raid

Related words

侵しん略りゃくN1sense 1
侵略する specifically describes military invasion of another country, while 侵す is broader and can also cover infringing on rights or crossing any boundary.
侵しん入にゅうN2sense 1
侵入する emphasizes the act of physically breaking into a place uninvited, while 侵す is more general and can describe ongoing violation of a boundary.
侵しん害がい sense 2
侵害する is the standard legal/formal term for infringing on rights or interests, while 侵す is a more literary verb used in similar abstract contexts.
蝕むしばむN1
侵す means 'to invade' or 'to violate', often used for territory or rights, while 蝕む emphasizes slow, internal damage rather than overt invasion.

Don't confuse with

冒おかすN1
冒す is written and pronounced identically to 侵す but means to brave danger or defy something (危険を冒す), while 侵す means to invade or infringe on territory or rights.
犯おかすN2
犯す shares the same reading as 侵す but is used for committing a crime or breaking a law (罪を犯す), whereas 侵す is about invading territory or infringing rights.

Word family

侵おかしがたい
dignified; austere; imposing; inviolable

Etymology

The kanji 侵 (invade, encroach) combines 人 (person) and a phonetic element. The reading おかす is native Japanese. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.