怪我

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
(ateji)

Grade: 6
(ateji)
on’yomi

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

()() 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[edit]

Verb[edit]

()()する (kega surusuru (stem ()() (kega shi), past ()()した (kega shita))

  1. to get hurt, to injure oneself

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (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