Illustration: Behind an old rural house, a gardener tries to lift a long-abandoned wooden planter from damp ground. Its side gives way under the light pressure of their fingertips, releasing soft crumbs of wood instead of a clean splinter.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

朽くちる

kuchiru

to rot, to decay

Example sentences

  1. 朽くちない物ものは何なにもない。

    There is nothing that does not decay.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 一方いっぽう、朽くちてゆく月ヶ瀬梅林つきがせばいりんを守まもるための保存活動ほぞんかつどうが行おこなわれるようになった。

    Meanwhile, people began to take action to protect the rotting Tsukigase Bairin.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 別べつの者ものにその訳わけを聞きいたところ、「あの者ものは貧まずしく、家いえが朽くちて雨漏あまもりがしており、今頃親いまごろおやが苦心くしんしていることを思おもっているのでしょう」と答こたえた。

    When asked why, another person replied, “He is poor, and his house is decaying and leaking. He must be thinking about how his parents are struggling right now.”

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 朽

  • 朽decay; rotOnキュウKunくちる

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