蝕む
Reading: むしばむ
Meaning: to eat into, to erode, to undermine
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Example Sentence
不安 が 心 を 蝕んで いく
Anxiety gradually eats away at the heart.
Usage Notes
Used both literally for physical erosion and figuratively for deterioration of abstract things like relationships or society.
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