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朽ちる

くちる

to rot, to decay

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Examples

  1. 古い橋が朽ちている。

    ふるいはしがくちている。

    The old bridge is rotting away.

  2. 倒れた木は静かに朽ちていった。

    たおれたきはしずかにくちていった。

    The fallen tree quietly decayed.

  3. 名もなく朽ち果てるのは嫌だ。

    なもなくくちはてるのはいやだ。

    I don't want to moulder away in obscurity.

Common patterns

朽ち果てる
to rot away to nothing
朽ちた木
a decayed tree
朽ちるに任せる
to leave something to rot

Memory tip

腐る is food going bad; 朽ちる is wood, bridges and bodies decaying slowly over years, and it carries a literary melancholy. 朽ち果てる intensifies it to rotting away completely.

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