浸しん食しょく

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

浸食する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	浸しん食しょくする	浸しん食しょくしない
Polite	浸しん食しょくします	浸しん食しょくしません
Past polite	浸しん食しょくしました	浸しん食しょくしませんでした
Past	浸しん食しょくした	浸しん食しょくしなかった
Te-form	浸しん食しょくして	浸しん食しょくしないで
Desire	浸しん食しょくしたい	浸しん食しょくしたくない
Potential	浸しん食しょくできる	浸しん食しょくできない
Passive	浸しん食しょくされる	浸しん食しょくされない
Causative	浸しん食しょくさせる	浸しん食しょくさせない
Causative passive	浸しん食しょくさせられる	浸しん食しょくさせられない
Volitional	浸しん食しょくしよう
Polite volitional	浸しん食しょくしましょう
Imperative	浸しん食しょくしろ	浸しん食しょくするな
Conditional	浸しん食しょくすれば	浸しん食しょくしなければ
Tara conditional	浸しん食しょくしたら	浸しん食しょくしなかったら

Meanings

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

erosion; corrosion

geology

Geological and chemical wearing away; also used figuratively for gradual undermining of institutions or values.

海かい岸がんの浸しん食しょくが進すすんでいる。
Coastal erosion is progressing.
酸さん性せい雨うが石せき像ぞうを浸しん食しょくした。
Acid rain corroded the stone statue.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を浸しん食しょくするto erode something
川かわの水みずが長ながい年ねん月げつをかけて岩いわを浸しん食しょくした。
Over many years, the river water eroded the rock.
〈場ば所しょ〉が浸しん食しょくされるfor a place to be eroded
この海かい岸がん線せんは波なみによって年ねん々ねん浸しん食しょくされている。
This coastline is being eroded by the waves year after year.
〈事こと〉〉が徐々じょじょに浸食しんしょくされるfor something (abstract) to be gradually eroded/undermined
国こく民みんの権けん利りが徐じょ々じょに浸しん食しょくされている。
The rights of the people are gradually being eroded.

Kanji

浸immersed, soak, dip
食eat, food
蝕eclipse, occultation, be defective

Related words

腐ふ食しょく
腐食 refers specifically to chemical corrosion or rotting, often of metals, whereas 浸食 covers physical erosion by water or wind and figurative undermining of institutions.
風ふう化か
風化 refers to weathering, the gradual breakdown of rock or material by exposure to air and weather, while 浸食 specifically involves material being carried away by water or wind.

Opposites

堆たい積せきN1
堆積 means sediment building up and accumulating, the opposite geological process to 浸食, which describes material being worn away and carried off.

Don't confuse with

侵しん食しょく
浸食 describes physical erosion by water or wind wearing away land, while 侵食 (same pronunciation, different kanji) emphasizes encroachment or invasion, as of territory or markets, though the two are often used interchangeably for erosion.
浸しん透とう
浸食 means erosion, the wearing away of land by water, and is easily confused with 浸透 because both start with the kanji 浸 but describe different physical processes.

Word family

土ど壌じょう浸しん食しょく
soil erosion
浸食輪廻しんしょくりんね
erosion cycle

Written forms

浸しん食しょくUsage89%
Standard modern spelling for erosion and corrosion.
浸しん蝕しょくUsage11%
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form; 蝕 suggests insect damage or gradual wearing away, but 浸食 is preferred in modern usage.

Etymology

Compound of 浸 (しん, 'soak, immerse') and 食 (しょく, 'eat, erode'), literally 'immerse and eat away'. The rare form 浸蝕 uses 蝕 (しょく, 'insect damage, eclipse') for a similar meaning.