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腐ふ食しょく
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Meanings
Noun
Suru verb
Transitive verb
Intransitive verb
1. rot; decay; erosion
2. corrosion; etching; rust
Noun
3. saprophagy
Other spellings
腐ふ蝕しょく
Kanji used
腐rot食eat
Kanji in other spellings
蝕consumed by worms
Pitch accent
ふしょく
Used in vocabulary
腐ふ食しょく銅どう版ばん
copperplate etching
Noun
腐ふ食しょく剤ざい
corrosive agent
Noun
応おう力りょく腐ふ食しょく割われ
stress corrosion cracking
Noun
腐ふ食しょく性せい
corrosiveness; causticity
Noun
応おう力りょく腐ふ食しょく
stress corrosion
Noun
腐ふ食しょく薬やく
caustic; corrosive agent; etching reagent; escharotic
Noun
腐ふ食しょく動どう物ぶつ
saprovore; saprozoic organism; saprophagous animal; scavenger
Noun
非ひ腐ふ食しょく性せい
non-corrosive
No-adjective
Examples5
The decay of the shrine is due, in part, to acid rain.
Hey, rust is eating away the metal.
Acid eats into metal.
The acid ate into the metal.
The acid burned the metal.