挫
挫

crush, break, sprain, discourage

11 strokesFrequency 1,869Grade 8

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ザサ

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くじ.くくじ.ける

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Common Words

挫折ざせつNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #14670
1

setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement

Examples
資金不足のためわれわれの計画は挫折した。
Our plan failed because of the shortage of funds.
くじける挫けるIntransitiveUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #19277
1

to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be dispirited; to be crushed (emotionally)

Examples
いざというとき決意がくじけた。
My resolution dissolved at the last moment.
2

to be sprained

3

to be snapped; to be broken

くじく挫くTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #24281
1

to sprain; to twist

Examples
観客側から相手チームをわらってやることは、その士気をくじくことになろう。
It would demoralize the opposing team to give it the razz from the spectators' side.
2

to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten; to dispirit; to depress; to unnerve; to crush

頓挫とんざNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #24744
1

setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage

捻挫ねんざNounIntransitiveTransitive～する VerbFreq #27623
1

sprain; twist; wrench

Examples
滑って足首を捻挫した。
I slipped and twisted my ankle.
出鼻をくじく出鼻を挫く出端を挫くでばなをくじくではなをくじくExpressionGodan verbFreq #42390
1

Idiomatic expression

to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

脳挫傷のうざしょうNounFreq #62705
1

cerebral contusion

挫折感ざせつかんNounFreq #85489
1

feeling of frustration; sense of failure

腕ひしぎ腕挫ぎうでひしぎNounFreq #90658
1

Martial arts

armlock

挫傷ざしょうNoun～する VerbFreq #115733
1

Medicine

sprain; wrench; bruise; contusion; fracture

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