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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries怪我
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kega
"彼は足に怪我をした。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Harm or damage done to a person's or animal's body.
"He suffered a serious knee injury during the football match." - 2
Damage or harm to a person's feelings, reputation, or interests.
"The scandal caused severe injury to her political career."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'iniuria', meaning a wrong, injustice, or physical damage, formed from 'in-' (not) plus 'ius, iur-' (right, law). Over centuries in Middle English, the meaning shifted from a legal wrong or insult to encompass physical harm or damage to the body.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Injury" is said worldwide
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blessure
Transliteration: blessyur
"Il a une blessure à la jambe."
Verletzung
Transliteration: fer-let-tsung
"Er hat eine schwere Verletzung."
infortunio
Transliteration: in-for-tu-no
"Il giocatore ha subito un infortunio."
lesión
Transliteration: le-syon
"Ella sufrió una lesión en el brazo."
lesão
Transliteration: le-zãw
"O atleta recuperou da lesão."
चोट
Transliteration: chot
"खेलते समय उसे चोट लग गई।"
伤害
Transliteration: shāng hài
"他在车祸中受了重伤。"
부상
Transliteration: bu-sang
"그는 경기 중에 부상을 입었다."
怪我
Transliteration: kega
"彼は足に怪我をした。"
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