擦さっ過か

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

abrasion; scrape; graze

Medical and technical term for a superficial injury or rubbing damage to skin or a surface. Often used in compound forms like 擦過傷 (abrasion wound) or 擦過痕 (abrasion mark). The standalone noun and する verb are less common in everyday conversation; laypeople more often use 擦り傷 (すりきず) for a scrape.

• 転ころんで膝ひざに擦さっ過か傷しょうを負おった。

  I fell and got an abrasion on my knee.

• 金きん属ぞく同どう士しが擦さっ過かして火ひ花ばなが出でた。

  The metals scraped against each other and produced sparks.