Kanji List

挫

• kun: くじ.く, くじ.ける
• on: ザ, サ
• meaning: crush, break, sprain, discourage
• words:

  Word	Reading	Meaning
  挫折	ざせつ	frustration, setback, discouragement
  脳挫傷	のうざしょう	cerebral contusion
  挫く	くじく	to crush, to break, to sprain
  挫ける	くじける	to be crushed, to be broken, to be sprained
  挫き	くじき	sprain
  挫傷	ざしょう	bruise (internal)
  捻挫	ねんざ	sprain
  頓挫	とんざ	setback, at a standstill or impasse
  鋭を挫く	えいをくじく	to break the brunt
  挫折感	ざせつかん	feeling of frustration, sense of failure