で in the usage of サッカーで怪我をした etc


What is this で particle here? It's not a time or a place Same with 戦いで怪我をした. I
can't see the usage in any dictionaries unless 場所 is being used in some
abstract sense to just refer to the setting in which the action takes place.




It's pretty much as you described it. In this case, で is more of an "in", but
not for a time or place, rather a setting. The same usage is seen in English,
too, like

>   * "I injured myself in battle"
>   * "I hurt myself in [a game of] soccer".
>

It's pretty intuitive, and the same happens in many languages, with the
reasoning being that you're treating "battle" as "the time when I was in
battle" (although obviously not in so many words).




It's pretty much as you described it. In this case, で is more of an "in", but
not for a time or place, rather a setting. The same usage is seen in English,
too, like

>   * "I injured myself in battle"
>   * "I hurt myself in [a game of] soccer".
>

It's pretty intuitive, and the same happens in many languages, with the
reasoning being that you're treating "battle" as "the time when I was in
battle" (although obviously not in so many words).

