傷害|しょうがいshougai[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbinjury; inflicting bodily injury
Conjugation
Dictionary form傷害する(しょうがいする)
Polite (masu)傷害します(しょうがいします)
Negative (nai)傷害しない(しょうがいしない)
polite (masen)傷害しません(しょうがいしません)
classical zu / nu傷害せず・傷害せぬ(しょうがいせず・しょうがいせぬ)
Past (ta)傷害した(しょうがいした)
polite (mashita)傷害しました(しょうがいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)傷害しなかった(しょうがいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)傷害しませんでした(しょうがいしませんでした)
Te form傷害して(しょうがいして)
Potential傷害できる(しょうがいできる)
Passive傷害される(しょうがいされる)
Causative傷害させる(しょうがいさせる)
Causative passive傷害させられる(しょうがいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)傷害すれば(しょうがいすれば)
tara傷害したら(しょうがいしたら)
Volitional傷害しよう(しょうがいしよう)
polite (mashou)傷害しましょう(しょうがいしましょう)
Imperative傷害しろ(しょうがいしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym負傷ふしょうWrittenWritten/formal: being injured oneself, as in 「戦闘で負傷する」. 傷害 usually means injuring someone else's body and appears in 「傷害保険」.
  • Synonym怪我けがCasualThe most common everyday word for an injury or wound, as in 「足を怪我した」. 傷害 is legal/insurance language, as in 「傷害事件」「傷害保険」.
  • SynonymダメージCasualLoanword for damage or harm, as in 「肌へのダメージ」. 傷害 is legal/medical language and usually means injury to the body.
  • Related損傷そんしょうWrittenWritten/formal: damage to objects or body tissue, as in 「脳損傷」「車体の損傷」. 傷害 applies to living things such as people or cells, not to vehicles or objects.
  • Related害がいWrittenHarm or detriment in a broad sense, as in 「健康に害がある」. 傷害 means injuring people or living things, not harm in general.
  • Related危害きがいWrittenWritten/formal: harm to life, health and the like, as in 「危害を加える」「健康に危害を及ぼす」. 傷害 refers specifically to causing bodily injury.
  • Related毀傷きしょうWrittenWritten/formal and rare: destroying or damaging things or the body. In everyday speech use 「損傷」 or 「傷害」.
  • Related傷痍しょういWrittenWritten/formal: wounds and injuries, seen mostly in set phrases like 「傷痍軍人」. 傷害 is used in 「傷害事件」「傷害保険」 and similar terms.
  • Antonym保護ほごWrittenAntonym: protecting or looking after someone so they come to no harm, as in 「身柄を保護する」 — the opposite of 傷害's injuring people.

Use 「傷害」 for bodily injury to a person, both as an offence, as in 「傷害事件」, and as the injury covered by 「傷害保険」. For being injured, use 「怪我」 in everyday speech or 「負傷」 in writing; for damage to objects or body tissue, 「損傷」; for danger to life or health, 「危害」. The opposite is 「保護」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 人ひとを傷付きずつけること。
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