noun
A minor skin injury from scraping or grazing against something. Rare term; the more common synonym is かすり傷.
See also: かすり傷
転んで、ひざにかすれ傷ができた。
I fell and got a graze on my knee.
かすり傷 is the common word for a scratch or graze; かすれ傷 is a rare variant with the same meaning.
Compound of かすれ (continuative form of かすれる 'to be scratched, grazed') and 傷 (きず 'wound').