怪我

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
(ateji)

Grade: 6
(ateji)
on’yomi

Etymology

Uncertain. Likely the root of verbs 汚れる, 穢れる (kegareru, to become soiled, to get dirty); 汚す, 穢す (kegasu, to soil something, to make something dirty).[1] The kanji are ateji.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

()() or 怪我(ケガ) • (kega) 

  1. an injury, a wound
    (かれ)登校(とうこうちゅう)怪我(けが)をしたようだ。
    Kare wa tōkōchū ni kega o shita yō da.
    He seems to have hurt himself while going to school.

Synonyms

Verb

()()する • (kega suru) suru (stem ()() (kega shi), past ()()した (kega shita))

  1. to get hurt, to injure oneself

Conjugation

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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