怪我|けがkega[2]odaka (tail-high)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbinjury; wound
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbmistake; accident; loss
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 怪我する（けがする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 怪我します（けがします） |
| Negative (nai) | 怪我しない（けがしない） |
| polite (masen) | 怪我しません（けがしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 怪我せず・怪我せぬ（けがせず・けがせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 怪我した（けがした） |
| polite (mashita) | 怪我しました（けがしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 怪我しなかった（けがしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 怪我しませんでした（けがしませんでした） |
| Te form | 怪我して（けがして） |
| Potential | 怪我できる（けができる） |
| Passive | 怪我される（けがされる） |
| Causative | 怪我させる（けがさせる） |
| Causative passive | 怪我させられる（けがさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 怪我すれば（けがすれば） |
| tara | 怪我したら（けがしたら） |
| Volitional | 怪我しよう（けがしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 怪我しましょう（けがしましょう） |
| Imperative | 怪我しろ（けがしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym傷きずNeutralNeutral word for a wound or scar on the body, and also for scratches or flaws on objects, as in 「傷が残る」; 「怪我」 is the act of getting hurt and never applies to objects.
- Synonym傷害しょうがいFormalFormal term for the act of injuring someone, as in 「傷害罪」, and for bodily damage, as in 「傷害保険」; found mainly in legal and insurance contexts.
- Synonym負傷ふしょうWrittenWritten-style word for being injured, as in 「足を負傷する」; typical of news reports. In everyday speech one says 「怪我をする」.
- Synonym傷痍しょういWrittenWritten word for wounds and impairments; today it survives mostly in fixed phrases like 「傷痍軍人」 and is not used in daily talk, where 「怪我」 is said.
- Synonym傷創しょうそうWrittenRare, document-style word for a wound where the skin is cut or broken; in daily life 「怪我」 or 「傷」 is used instead.
- Synonym創傷そうしょうFormalMedical term for external wounds such as knife cuts, broadly covering damage to body-surface tissue, as in 「創傷治癒」; everyday speech uses 「怪我」 or 「傷」.
- Synonym創痍そういWrittenWritten word for sword or knife wounds, also figuratively for damage suffered; common in 「満身創痍」 but rarely alone; everyday speech says 「怪我」.
Use 「怪我」 for getting hurt in everyday speech and 「傷」 for wounds, scars or marks on objects. News writing prefers 「負傷」, law and insurance 「傷害」, medicine 「創傷」; 「傷痍」「傷創」「創痍」 are rare written words.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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