蝕む

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蝕
むしば Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compare 虫歯 (むしば) (mushiba, “dental cavity”)

Verb

蝕む (godan conjugation, hiragana むしばむ, rōmaji mushibamu)

(of bugs) to eat through; to damage
(figuratively) to destroy or damage one's mind/mental health or body
体 (からだ)を蝕 (むしば)む
karada o mushibamu
to eat away at the body

病 (びょう)魔 (ま)に蝕 (むしば)まれる
byōma ni mushibamareru
to be crippled by a disease
- 岸田國士, 日本人とは？
  青 (せい)春 (しゅん)の夢 (ゆめ)を蝕 (むしば)む立 (りっ)身 (しん)出 (しゅっ)世 (せ)主 (しゅ)義 (ぎ)の跳 (ちょう)梁 (りょう)
  seishun no yume o mushibamu risshin-shusse-shugi no chōryō
  the rampancy of rising-in-the-world-ism that eats away at adolescent dreams

Conjugation

Conjugation of "蝕む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	蝕ま	むしばま	mushibama
Continuative (連用形)	蝕み	むしばみ	mushibami
Terminal (終止形)	蝕む	むしばむ	mushibamu
Attributive (連体形)	蝕む	むしばむ	mushibamu
Hypothetical (仮定形)	蝕め	むしばめ	mushibame
Imperative (命令形)	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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.