蝕む
Japanese
Kanji in this term |
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蝕 |
むしば Hyōgai |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
Compare 虫歯 (mushiba, “dental cavity”)
Verb
蝕む • (mushibamu) godan (stem 蝕み (mushibami), past 蝕んだ (mushibanda))
- (of bugs) to eat through; to damage
- (figuratively) to destroy or damage one's mind/mental health or body
- 体を蝕む
- karada o mushibamu
- to eat away at the body
- 病魔に蝕まれる
- byōma ni mushibamareru
- to be crippled by a disease
- (deprecated template usage) 岸田國士, 日本人とは?
- 青春の夢を蝕む立身出世主義の跳梁[1]
- seishun no yume o mushibamu risshin-shusse-shugi no chōryō
- the rampancy of rising-in-the-world-ism that eats away at adolescent dreams
- 青春の夢を蝕む立身出世主義の跳梁[1]
- 体を蝕む
Conjugation
Conjugation of "蝕む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 蝕ま | むしばま | mushibama |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 蝕み | むしばみ | mushibami |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 蝕む | むしばむ | mushibamu |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 蝕む | むしばむ | mushibamu |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 蝕め | むしばめ | mushibame |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 蝕め | むしばめ | mushibame |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 蝕まれる | むしばまれる | mushibamareru |
Causative | 蝕ませる 蝕ます |
むしばませる むしばます |
mushibamaseru mushibamasu |
Potential | 蝕める | むしばめる | mushibameru |
Volitional | 蝕もう | むしばもう | mushibamō |
Negative | 蝕まない | むしばまない | mushibamanai |
Negative continuative | 蝕まず | むしばまず | mushibamazu |
Formal | 蝕みます | むしばみます | mushibamimasu |
Perfective | 蝕んだ | むしばんだ | mushibanda |
Conjunctive | 蝕んで | むしばんで | mushibande |
Hypothetical conditional | 蝕めば | むしばめば | mushibameba |