怪我人

Japanese
Kanji in this term
怪 我 人
け
Grade: S
(ateji)		 が
Grade: 6
(ateji)		 にん
Grade: 1
goon
Alternative spelling
けが人

Etymology

Compound of 怪我 (kega, “injury, wound”) +‎ 人 (nin, “person”).[1][2][3]

First cited to a work from 1833.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) けがにん [kègáníń] (Heiban – [0])[3]
  • IPA(key): [ke̞ɡa̠ɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

怪(け)我(が)人(にん) • (keganin) 

  1. [from 1833] a wounded person, an injured person
    幸(さいわい)、怪(け)我(が)人(にん)はでなかった。
    Saiwai, keganin wa denakatta.
    Luckily, there were no injured people → no one was hurt.

References
  1. “怪我人”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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