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しゅうぎいん
衆議院
のしょうすうは
少数派
のぎせき
議席
は、きゅうそく
急速
にむしばまれてきています。
The number of minority seats in the Lower House is rapidly eroding.
Grammar and points of interest
verb て form + います／いる
verb て form + います／いる
'ing' - present continuous / progressive
衆議院の少数派の議席は、急速にむしばまれてきています。
Conjugations and inflections
むしばまれてきています is the masu form of the progressive form of the てくる form of the passive form of 'mu' godan verb むしばむ
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Words
Most common form: 蝕む
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms2. to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin; to undermine; to gnaw at (one's heart, body, etc.); to eat into; to destroy
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