Vocabulary

What does 侵食 (しんしょく, shinshoku) mean?

侵食 (しんしょく, shinshoku) means encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights).

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Readingしんしょく
Romajishinshoku
Part of speechnoun, suru verb, transitive
しんしょく
shinshoku

encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights)

  1. 1noun · suru verb · transitive encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights)
  2. 2noun · suru verb · transitive erosion; corrosion

Also written: 侵蝕

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