Kanji

耗

耗

decrease

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

10 strokes

Radical

耒部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

モウ, コウ

Common Readings

コウ, モウ

Example sentences

消耗 しょうもう
激しい 運動 で 体力 を かなり 消耗 した 。

I exhausted a lot of physical strength through intense exercise.

摩耗 まもう
長期間 の 使用 で タイヤ が 摩耗 した 。

The tires wore down from long-term use.

カム カム
エンジン の カム が 摩耗 している 。

The engine's cam is worn out.

消耗戦 しょうもうせん
両軍 の 戦い は 激しい 消耗戦 に 突入 した 。

The battle between both armies entered a fierce war of attrition.

鷸蚌之争 いつぼうのあらそい
両国 が 消耗戦 を 続ける の は 、 正に 鷸蚌之争 という もの だ 。

The two countries continuing a war of attrition is exactly a case of the snipe and the clam fighting while the fisherman wins.

心神耗弱 しんしんこうじゃく
被告人 は 犯行 当時 、 心神耗弱 の 状態 に あった と 判断 された 。

The defendant was judged to have been in a state of diminished capacity at the time of the crime.

Example Vocabulary

消耗

しょうもう

consumption; exhaustion; wear and tear

消耗品

しょうもうひん

摩耗

まもう

wear; abrasion; wear and tear

損耗

そんもう

消耗戦

しょうもうせん

war of attrition; war of exhaustion

磨耗

まもう

心神耗弱

しんしんこうじゃく

diminished capacity; mental weakness

減耗

げんもう

心神耗弱者

しんしんこうじゃくしゃ

消耗的

しょうこうてき

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