負傷

ふしょう · fushou · JLPT N1 · noun

injury

🩹 負 (bear, carry) + 傷 (wound) = a wound you bear: an injury

負 originally meant carrying something on your back, and 傷 is the wound itself. So 負傷 is a wound you carry away from a fight or accident, which is the everyday sense of injury.

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