つめあと

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of つめあと – see the following entry.
爪痕
[noun] scratch mark
[noun] (figurative) scars; ravages (e.g. of a natural disaster, a war)
[noun] (figurative, proscribed) mark; impression; effect (generally)
(This term, つめあと (tsumeato), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)