蝕む
むしばむ
Also written 虫食む
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive, Intransitive to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms
- to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin; to undermine; to gnaw at (one's heart, body, etc.); to eat into; to destroy
Kanji
- 蝕 eclipse; occultation; be defective. Read as むしばむ.
Example sentences
- 癌のように蝕む静寂。
Silence grows like cancer. - 睡眠不足が彼女の健康をむしばんでいた。
Lack of sleep was undermining her health. - 疲労が彼の健康をむしばんでいる。
Fatigue is undermining his health.