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やけどする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	やけどする	やけどしない
Polite	やけどします	やけどしません
Past polite	やけどしました	やけどしませんでした
Past	やけどした	やけどしなかった
Te-form	やけどして	やけどしないで
Desire	やけどしたい	やけどしたくない
Potential	やけどできる	やけどできない
Passive	やけどされる	やけどされない
Causative	やけどさせる	やけどさせない
Causative passive	やけどさせられる	やけどさせられない
Volitional	やけどしよう
Polite volitional	やけどしましょう
Imperative	やけどしろ	やけどするな
Conditional	やけどすれば	やけどしなければ
Tara conditional	やけどしたら	やけどしなかったら

Meanings

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

burn; scald

usually written using kana alone

Refers to a burn or scald on the skin caused by heat, fire, hot liquids, or chemicals. Can be used as a noun or as a suru-verb (intransitive) meaning 'to get burned'.

熱あついお茶ちゃで舌したをやけどした。
I burned my tongue on the hot tea.
やけどをしたら、すぐに冷ひやしてください。
If you get a burn, cool it immediately.

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

getting burned (figuratively); suffering a setback

usually written using kana alone

Figurative use: to suffer a painful experience or loss, especially from risky ventures, bad investments, or untrustworthy people. Often used in the expression やけどをする.

怪あやしい投とう資し話ばなしで大おおやけどをした。
I got badly burned by a shady investment scheme.
一いち度どやけどをすると、次つぎは慎しん重ちょうになる。
Once you get burned, you become more cautious next time.

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Usage patterns

〈場所ばしょ〉〉に火傷やけどをするto get burned on (a part of the body)
料りょう理りをしていて手てにやけどをした。
I burned my hand while cooking.
〈事こと〉でやけどをするto get burned (suffer a setback) from something
怪あやしい投とう資し話ばなしでやけどをした。
I got burned by a shady investment scheme.
火傷やけどを負おうto sustain a burn (formal)
事じ故こで全ぜん身しんにやけどを負おった。
He sustained burns over his whole body in the accident.
大おおやけどをするto get badly burned
花はな火びで大おおやけどをしてしまった。
I got badly burned by the fireworks.

Kanji

火fire
傷wound, hurt, injure

Related words

熱ねっ傷しょう sense 1
熱傷 is the strict medical term for a thermal burn, while やけど is the everyday word used in ordinary conversation.
火か傷しょうN1sense 1
火傷 read as かしょう is a stiffer, more formal/medical reading of the same kanji, whereas やけど is the natural spoken word.

Politeness

火か傷しょうN1
火傷 (かしょう) is the formal/medical term for a burn, while やけど is the everyday word used in casual speech for the same injury.

Don't confuse with

凍とう傷しょう sense 1
凍傷 is frostbite caused by extreme cold, whereas やけど is a burn caused by heat, so the two describe opposite temperature injuries despite both being skin damage.
日ひ焼やけN2
日焼け is mild skin reddening or tanning from prolonged sun exposure, while 火傷 refers to an actual burn injury from heat, fire, or intense sun that damages the skin.

Written forms

やけどUsage35%
gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
Usually written in kana; the kanji spelling 火傷 is also common but kana is preferred in everyday writing.
火傷やけどUsage56%
gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
Common kanji spelling; the reading やけど is a jukujikun.
ヤケドUsage9%
search-only kana form
Search-only katakana form; occasionally seen in informal writing.

Etymology

Developed from 焼け処, literally “a burned place” or “burned area,” with 焼け read やけ and 処 voiced to ど. The spelling 火傷 was subsequently assigned by meaning.