浸食

しんしょく

Also written 浸蝕

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Transitive erosion; corrosion

Kanji

• 浸 soak. Read as シン.
• 食 eat. Read as ショク.

Example sentences

• もしあの丘の木々が切り倒されたら、急速に浸食を見ることになるだろう。
  If the trees on that hill are cut down, you'll see erosion pretty quickly.

Words containing 浸食

• 浸食輪廻 (しんしょくりんね) erosion cycle
• 土壌浸食 (どじょうしんしょく) soil erosion

Word lists

• Geology

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