How to say "bleeding" in Japanese

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  • 出血しゅっけつJLPT N1approx.Common
    noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe usual word for bleeding from the body — blood escaping from a wound or internal haemorrhage. Use this for medical contexts and injuries.
    2、3時間じかん出血しゅっけつが続つづきます。↗
    You'll have bleeding for a few hours.
  • 流出りゅうしゅつCommon
    noun, suru verb, intransitive verbMeans outflow or spillage of a liquid, and matches 'bleeding' only in the sense of a fluid spreading, e.g. ink bleeding into paper. It is not the word for blood loss from the body.

Use 出血 for bleeding from the body, as in injuries or haemorrhage; 流出 is for the flowing out of liquids generally, such as ink spilling into paper, not bodily bleeding.

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