Meaning

Primary

Injury

Word Type

noun, verbal noun

Explanation

Do you know how suspicious I get if I have an injury? I start suspecting everyone around me of having given me the injury. It was you, wasn't it?

Reading

けが
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi for both kanji. It also uses the less common reading , which you learned with , so here's a mnemonic to help you recall this reading:

Remember the suspicious soul and its kettle ()? Yup, turns out this exact kettle is responsible for the injury. Suspicious souls and their kettles...

Context

Context Sentences

昨日、娘が学校で怪我をしてしまいました。

Yesterday, my daughter was injured at school.

怪獣だって病気や怪我をします。

Even monsters get sick and injured.

あの子の大怪我の原因って、バナナの皮らしいよ。

I heard that the cause of that child's serious injury was a banana peel.

Kanji Composition