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出来物

できもの

boil; pimple; growth; swelling on the skin

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Examples

  1. 顔に出来物ができた。

    かおにできものができた。

    I've got a spot on my face.

  2. 背中の出来物が痛くて眠れない。

    せなかのできものがいたくてねむれない。

    The boil on my back hurts so much I can't sleep.

  3. 出来物は触らずに皮膚科で診てもらった方がいい。

    できものはさわらずにひふかでみてもらったほうがいい。

    You shouldn't touch a growth like that — better to have a dermatologist look at it.

Common patterns

出来物ができる
for a boil or spot to come up
顔の出来物
a spot on the face
出来物がつぶれる
for a boil to burst

Memory tip

Read できもの this is a lump on the skin, and it is usually written in kana. The same spelling read できぶつ is a dated word for a capable person — the reading, not the kanji, tells you which word it is.

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