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TOPIK 6verb

잠식하다

jamsikada [잠시카다]

잠식해요 · 잠식했어요 · 잠식할 거예요 · 잠식하세요

to encroach on, to eat into, to erode gradually

Example

외국 기업들이 국내 시장을 잠식하고 있습니다.

Foreign companies are eating into the domestic market.

Word parts

잠 silkworm식 eat

Literally 'silkworm eating' — nibbling away bit by bit like a silkworm on a leaf.