🌏 Region(s): Honshu (Standard)
けが【怪我】 : kega | define meaning
kega
Definition
Noun
- Injury; wound; hurt
- あしくびのけが【足首の怪我】
ashikubi no kega
"Ankle injury", "Sprained ankle"
- あしくびのけが【足首の怪我】
- (Figurative) Accident; mishap; blunder; mistake
- (～をする, ～する) To injure oneself; to be injured; to hurt oneself; to get hurt; to have a mishap
- わたしはけがをした【私は怪我をした】
watashi wa kega o shita
"I hurt myself" - あしをけがした【足を怪我した】
ashi o kega shita
"(He) injured his leg"
- わたしはけがをした【私は怪我をした】
Etymology
Cognate to Okinawan きが kiga "injury; wound; harm; damage". The term historically stems from the root of the classical Japanese verb けがる【汚る・穢る】 kegaru "to become dirty; to become stained; to be defiled", which became けがれる【汚れる・穢れる】 kegareru (ibid.) in modern Japanese.
意味：けが【怪我】、ふしょう【負傷】、きず【傷】