痛いた手で

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Meanings

noun

serious wound; severe injury

Physical injury that is deep or life-threatening. Often used in dramatic or news contexts.

彼かれは戦せん場じょうで痛いた手でを負おった。
He suffered a serious wound on the battlefield.

noun

hard blow; heavy damage; severe setback

Metaphorical use for emotional, financial, or organizational damage. Common in business and sports reporting.

主しゅ力りょく選せん手しゅの離り脱だつはチームにとって大おおきな痛いた手でだ。
The loss of a key player is a huge blow to the team.
その不ふ祥しょう事じで会かい社しゃの信しん用ように痛いた手でを負おった。
The scandal dealt a severe blow to the company's reputation.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと・組そ織しき〉が痛いた手でを負おうfor someone/an organization to sustain a serious blow or injury
その会かい社しゃは今こん回かいの不ふ祥しょう事じで大おおきな痛いた手でを負おった。
The company suffered a serious blow from this scandal.
〈人ひと・組そ織しき〉が痛いた手でを受うけるfor someone/something to receive a heavy blow or damage
地じ元もとの農のう業ぎょうは台たい風ふうで痛いた手でを受うけた。
Local agriculture took a severe hit from the typhoon.
〈人ひと・組そ織しき〉に痛いた手でを与あたえるto deal someone/something a heavy blow
その敗はい戦せんは相あい手てチームに大おおきな痛いた手でを与あたえた。
That defeat dealt a serious blow to the opposing team.
痛いた手でから回かい復ふくするto recover from a setback or heavy damage
会かい社しゃは痛いた手でから回かい復ふくするのに数すう年ねんかかった。
It took the company several years to recover from the setback.
〈事こと〉が〈人ひと〉にとって痛いた手でとなるfor an event to become a heavy blow to someone
主しゅ力りょく選せん手しゅのけがはチームにとって大おおきな痛いた手でとなった。
The star player's injury became a major blow to the team.

Kanji

痛pain, hurt, damage
手hand
傷wound, hurt, injure

Related words

打だ撃げきN1
打撃 is a broader word for any impact or blow, physical or economic, while 痛手 specifically stresses the severity and lasting pain of the damage.
傷きずN4sense 1
傷 is the general word for a wound or injury of any degree, whereas 痛手 implies a serious, often life-threatening or deeply damaging wound.
深ふか手で sense 1
深手 specifically means a deep physical wound, a narrower and more literal counterpart to the physical sense of 痛手.
ダメージ sense 2
ダメージ is a casual loanword for damage (often physical or emotional) that overlaps with the metaphorical sense of 痛手 but sounds less formal.

Written forms

痛いた手でUsage94%
Standard kanji spelling; used in news and everyday writing.
傷いた手でUsage6%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; learners should recognize it but use 痛手.

Etymology

Compound of 痛 (ita, 'painful') and 手 (te, 'hand'), with rendaku voicing. Originally referred to a wound on the hand, then generalized to any serious injury or blow.