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

()() (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. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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