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傷跡 (きずあと, kizuato) Japanese meaning: scar | Kotomora

傷きず跡あと

also: しょうこん

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Common word›JLPTN2›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

Refers to a mark left on the skin after a wound heals, or metaphorically to emotional or psychological scars.

彼かれの腕うでには古ふるい傷きず跡あとが残のこっている。

An old scar remains on his arm.

その事じ故こは心こころに深ふかい傷きず跡あとを残のこした。

The accident left a deep emotional scar.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に傷きず跡あとが残のこるfor a scar to remain (on a body part)
手しゅ術じゅつのあと、腕うでに傷きず跡あとが残のこった。
After the surgery, a scar remained on his arm.
傷きず跡あとが消きえるfor a scar to fade away
時じ間かんが経たって、傷きず跡あとはだんだん消きえてきた。
Over time, the scar gradually faded away.
傷きず跡あとを隠かくすto hide a scar
彼かの女じょは化け粧しょうで傷きず跡あとを隠かくしていた。
She was hiding the scar with makeup.
〈人ひと〉の心こころに傷きず跡あとを残のこすto leave a psychological scar on someone
その事じ件けんは彼かれの心こころに深ふかい傷きず跡あとを残のこした。
The incident left a deep psychological scar on him.

Kanji

傷wound, hurt, injure
跡tracks, mark, print
痕mark, foot print
疵crack, flaw, scratch

Related words

瘢はん痕こん
瘢痕 is the formal medical term for a scar, while 傷跡 is the everyday word used in ordinary conversation.
ケロイド
傷跡 is the general everyday word for any scar, while ケロイド is the medical term for a specific type of raised, overgrown scar.
痕こん
傷跡 is a standalone noun meaning a scar left by a wound, while 痕 is a suffix attached to another noun to specify the kind of trace, as in 弾痕 or 血痕.
跡あとN3
傷跡 specifically means a scar left by a wound, while 跡 alone is the more general word that can mean any kind of scar or mark depending on context.

Don't confuse with

傷きずN4
傷 refers to a wound or injury while it is still fresh or open, whereas 傷跡 is the mark that remains after it has healed.
傷きず口ぐち
傷口 is the fresh, open site of an injury, while 傷跡 is the mark or scar left after it has healed.

Counted with

箇か所しょN2
place; point; part; spot; area; passage; portion · counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

Built from

傷きず+跡あと

Written forms

傷きず跡あとUsage51%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
傷痕Usage36%
- きずあと
  Alternate kanji spelling; also read しょうこん in some contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 傷 (kizu, 'wound') and 跡 (ato, 'trace, mark'). The reading しょうこん is the on'yomi of 傷痕, used in more formal or literary contexts.

しょうこん

Literary or formal reading of 傷痕; rarely used in everyday speech.

傷きずあとUsage9%

search-only kanji form

Search-only mixed kanji-kana form; not a standard spelling.

疵きず痕あとUsage3%

rarely-used kanji form

Rarely used kanji form; 疵 is an uncommon character for 'wound'.

きずあとUsage1%

疵きず跡あとUsage1%

search-only kanji form

Search-only kanji form; not recommended for active use.

しょうこん