傷きず付つける

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

wound; injure

Physical injury: to cause a wound or bodily harm.

彼かれはナイフで相あい手てを傷きずつけた。
He wounded the other person with a knife.
転ころんで膝ひざを傷きずつけてしまった。
I fell and injured my knee.

2

ichidan verb, transitive verb

hurt someone's feelings; offend

Emotional hurt: to wound someone's pride, feelings, or reputation.

彼かれの言こと葉ばは彼かの女じょの心こころを深ふかく傷きずつけた。
His words deeply hurt her feelings.
そんなことを言いうと、相あい手てを傷きずつけるよ。
Saying that kind of thing will hurt the other person.

3

ichidan verb, transitive verb

damage; scratch; chip

Damage to objects: to mar, scratch, or chip the surface or integrity of something.

机つくえを傷きず付つけてしまった。
I scratched the desk.
落おとして皿さらを傷きずつけた。
I dropped the plate and chipped it.

Written forms

傷きず付つけるUsage4%
Full kanji spelling; high priority.
傷きずつけるUsage94%
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling.
きずつけるUsage2%
疵きず付つける
Rare kanji variant using 疵.
疵きずつける
Rare mixed kanji-kana variant using 疵.

Kanji

傷wound, hurt, injure
付adhere, attach, refer to
疵crack, flaw, scratch

Similar words

傷きずつく
Intransitive counterpart: 'to be wounded', 'to be hurt'. 傷つける is the transitive action of causing the wound or hurt.
怪け我がさせる
More direct 'to cause injury', often physical. 傷つける covers both physical and emotional harm more broadly.

Etymology

Compound of 傷 (kizu, 'wound') + 付ける (tsukeru, 'to attach, apply'). Literally 'to apply a wound', extended to physical injury, emotional hurt, and damage to objects.