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 [Daijirin] (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