怪我

Chinese
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queer; to blame I; me
simp. and trad.
(怪我)		 怪 我

Pronunciation

Phrase

怪我

  1. (literally) blame me
  2. (slang, neologism, sarcastic) is that my fault?

Japanese
Kanji in this term
怪 我
け
Grade: S		 が
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

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

Noun

怪我 (hiragana けが, katakana ケガ, rōmaji kega)

  1. an injury, a wound
    彼 (かれ)は登 (とう)校 (こう)中 (ちゅう)に怪 (け)我 (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

Verb

怪我する (hiragana けがする, rōmaji kega suru)

  1. to get hurt, to injure oneself

Conjugation
Conjugation of "怪我する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 怪我し けがし kega shi
Continuative (連用形) 怪我し けがし kega shi
Terminal (終止形) 怪我する けがする kega suru
Attributive (連体形) 怪我する けがする kega suru
Hypothetical (仮定形) 怪我すれ けがすれ kega sure
Imperative (命令形) 怪我せよ¹
怪我しろ²		 けがせよ¹
けがしろ²		 kega seyo¹
kega shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 怪我される けがされる kega sareru
Causative 怪我させる
怪我さす		 けがさせる
けがさす		 kega saseru
kega sasu
Potential 怪我できる けができる kega dekiru
Volitional 怪我しよう けがしよう kega shiyō
Negative 怪我しない けがしない kega shinai
Negative continuative 怪我せず けがせず kega sezu
Formal 怪我します けがします kega shimasu
Perfective 怪我した けがした kega shita
Conjunctive 怪我して けがして kega shite
Hypothetical conditional 怪我すれば けがすれば kega sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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