怪我
怪我する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 怪我する | 怪我しない |
| Polite | 怪我します | 怪我しません |
| Past polite | 怪我しました | 怪我しませんでした |
| Past | 怪我した | 怪我しなかった |
| Te-form | 怪我して | 怪我しないで |
| Desire | 怪我したい | 怪我したくない |
| Potential | 怪我できる | 怪我できない |
| Passive | 怪我される | 怪我されない |
| Causative | 怪我させる | 怪我させない |
| Causative passive | 怪我させられる | 怪我させられない |
| Volitional | 怪我しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 怪我しましょう | |
| Imperative | 怪我しろ | 怪我するな |
| Conditional | 怪我すれば | 怪我しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 怪我したら | 怪我しなかったら |
Meanings
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
The ordinary modern meaning. Usually used as a noun or with する: 怪我をする or 怪我する means to be injured; 足を怪我する means to injure one's leg.
I fell on the stairs and injured my knee.
He injured his leg during the game.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
mishap; mistake; unexpected loss
Rare or limited as a free modern word in this sense. Learners are most likely to meet it in fixed expressions such as 怪我の功名, where a mistake or mishap unexpectedly produces a good result.
By a lucky accident, getting lost led me to find a good shop.
In older usage, 怪我 can refer to an unexpected failure or loss.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉を怪我するto injure a part of one's body
I injured my leg during a soccer match.
- 〈人〉に怪我をさせるto injure someone; to cause someone an injury
I made a driving mistake and ended up injuring a pedestrian.
- 怪我が治るfor an injury to heal
I plan to rest from exercise for a while until my injury heals.
- 怪我から回復するto recover from an injury
The player recovered from a serious injury and returned to competition.