No. 4,273 in Japanese
傷つけ
"傷つけ" (kizutsuke) means "to injure, harm, or hurt."
In a sentence
誰かを傷つけることは避けるべきです。
Avoiding to hurt someone is advisable.
The term '傷つける' is used as a verb meaning 'to hurt' or 'to harm' someone emotionally or physically.
彼の言葉が私の気持ちを傷つけました。
His words hurt my feelings.
Here, '傷つけました' is used in past tense to indicate causing emotional harm to feelings.
そのような行為は環境を傷つける可能性があります。
Such actions can potentially harm the environment.
In this case, '傷つける' is used to describe causing damage to the environment metaphorically or physically.
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