赤あかむけ

noun

scraped skin; graze; abrasion

Refers to skin that has been scraped or rubbed raw, often red and sore. Common in everyday speech for minor injuries like skinned knees.

• 転ころんで膝ひざが赤あかむけになった。

  I fell and scraped my knee.

• 赤あかむけに絆創膏ばんそうこうを貼はった。

  I put a bandage on the graze.