朽ちる

くちる

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive to rot; to decay
2. to die in obscurity
3. to be forgotten with time (often in neg.)

Kanji

• 朽 decay. Read as くちる.

Example sentences

• 朽ちない物は何もない。
  There is nothing that does not decay.

Common phrases

• 朽ち果てる (くちはてる) to rot away

Words containing 朽ちる

• 朽ち木 (くちき) decayed tree
• 朽ち果てる (くちはてる) to rot away
• 朽ち葉色 (くちばいろ) russet

And 1 more.

Word lists

• JLPT N1

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