NichiDict

やけど

N2
火傷
熱傷
[yakedo]
Illustration for 火傷

Meanings

1.NounNoun・suruIntransitive

burn; scald

2.NounNoun・suruIntransitive

getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)

Other Readings

火傷」 has another reading with different meanings.

Examples

熱いストーブに触れて火傷を負った。

I got burned by touching the hot stove.

揚げ物で油がはねて腕に火傷をしてしまった。

Frying splatted oil and I burned my arm.

日焼けも一種の火傷なので肌ケアが大切らしい。

Sunburn is also a type of burn, so skincare is apparently important.