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encroach in Japanese

encroach in Japanese is 侵入 — encroach means to take hold of or claim something for oneself.

encroach in Japanese

侵入
verb
Pronounced: shinnyuu
(intransitive) To intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory.

What does "encroach" mean?

  1. verb To take hold of or claim something for oneself.
  2. verb To go further than you should into someone else's land or rights.
    "Because change itself would absolutely stay-stable, and again, conversely, stability itself would change, if each of them encroached on the other."
  3. verb To move forward little by little, past the point where it should stop.
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encroach in a sentence

  • Because change itself would absolutely stay-stable, and again, conversely, stability itself would change, if each of them encroached on the other.
  • Gradually the negative feelings encroached into her work.

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What is "encroach" in Japanese?
"encroach" in Japanese is 侵入. encroach means: To take hold of or claim something for oneself.
How do you pronounce 侵入?
"encroach" in Japanese is 侵入, pronounced "shinnyuu".
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