侵しん食しょく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

encroachment; invasion; erosion (figurative)

Used for gradual, often harmful intrusion into territory, rights, market share, or personal space. Can be physical or abstract.

• 都と市し開かい発はつが自し然ぜん環かん境きょうを侵しん食しょくしている。

  Urban development is encroaching on the natural environment.

• 大おお手て企き業ぎょうの参さん入にゅうで、地じ元もと商しょう店てんの市し場じょうが侵しん食しょくされた。

  With the entry of large corporations, the local shops' market share was eroded.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

erosion; corrosion

Geological or chemical wearing away of land, rock, or materials. Also written 浸食 in some contexts.

See also: 浸食

• 海かい岸がん線せんの侵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。

  Coastal erosion has become a serious problem.

• 酸さん性せい雨うが石せき造ぞう建けん築ちくを侵しん食しょくする。

  Acid rain corrodes stone buildings.