蝕む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
蝕
むしば
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
虫喰む
虫食む

Etymology

Compound of 虫(むし) (mushi, “bug”) + 喰(は)む (hamu, “eat”).

Verb

蝕(むしば)む • (mushibamu) godan (stem 蝕(むしば)み (mushibami), past 蝕(むしば)んだ (mushibanda))

  1. (of bugs) to eat through; to damage
  2. (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
    • 1947, Kunio Kishida, Nihonjin to wa? [A Japanese is...?]‎:
      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.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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
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