挫
break, crush, discourage, sprain
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:10
JLPT:N/A
Frequency:1869
Vocabulary
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| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挫折 | ざせつ | setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement |
| 捻挫 | ねんざ | sprain; twist; wrench |
| 挫傷 | ざしょう | sprain; wrench; bruise; contusion; fracture |
| 脳挫傷 | のうざしょう | cerebral contusion |
| 頓挫 | とんざ | setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挫く | くじく | to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten; to dispirit; to depress; to unnerve; to crush |
| 挫ける | くじける | to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be dispirited; to be crushed (emotionally); to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken |
| 鋭を挫く | えいをくじく | to break the brunt |
| 挫き | くじき | sprain |
| 出鼻を挫く | でばなをくじく | to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails |