しんしょく
Shinshoku
Other forms: 侵蝕
侵食 (Shinshoku) is a Japanese noun meaning “encroachment, invasion, erosion (e.g. of market share, rights), erosion”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbencroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights)
- noun, suru verb, transitive verberosion; corrosion
Examples
錆が金属の部分を少しずつ侵食している。
Rust is gradually eating into the metal parts.
都市化が田園生活をどんどん侵食しています。
Urbanization is encroaching on rural life.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).