溶食

Japanese

Kanji in this term
溶 食
よう
Grade: S 		しょく
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
溶蝕

Etymology

食 is a daiyōji replacing 蝕

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) よーしょく [yòóshókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jo̞ːɕo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

溶(よう)食(しょく) • (yōshoku) 

  1. erosion by rain- or groundwater, particularly the dissolution of limestone by carbonation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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