侵おかす

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

infringe; encroach

Abstract use: infringing on rights, privacy, or territory in a non-physical sense. Often used with 権利, プライバシー, 領域.

• その法ほう律りつは国こく民みんの権けん利りを侵おかしている。

  That law infringes on citizens' rights.

• 彼かれの行こう動どうは私わたしのプライバシーを侵おかすものだ。

  His actions encroach on my privacy.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

harm; afflict; affect

Rare usage, often replaced by 冒す in modern Japanese. Refers to causing harm or affliction, especially by disease or disaster. See cross-reference to 冒す.

See also: 冒す (おかす)

• その病びょう気きは多おおくの人ひと々びとを侵おかした。

  The disease afflicted many people.