Last Updated:2025/11/26

(idiomatic, intransitive) To reduce or weaken bit by bit; often used with at.

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chip away

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chip away

Verb
idiomatic intransitive
Japanese Meaning
少しずつ削り取る、または弱める / 少しずつ取り除いていく、または小刻みに減少させる
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何年にもわたる予算削減が公教育の質を徐々に蝕み始めた。

present singular third-person

participle present

participle past

past

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