How to say "bloody" in Japanese

• 生臭いなまぐさいJLPT N1approx.Common
  i-adjectiveCovers the smell of blood, not the sight of it; essentially the word for a fishy smell from fish or seafood, so it fits 'bloody' only when the odor of blood is meant.
• 血まみれちまみれ
  no-adjectiveThe literal sense: bloodstained or covered with blood. Describes a person or thing visibly daubed with blood, as after an injury or violence.
• 血みどろちみどろ
  no-adjective, na-adjectiveLiteral in sense but with a gory, blood-drenched image; suits scenes of violent injury where someone is drenched in blood.
• 血だらけちだらけ
  no-adjective, na-adjectiveClose in meaning to 血まみれ: covered in blood or bloodstained, extending to gory scenes; used of a person or thing smeared with blood.
• 血塗られたちぬられた
  prenominal modifierThe figurative choice: blood-stained or blood-smeared the way a history or past can be, rather than a person literally covered in blood.

For the smell of blood use 「生臭い」; for someone or something literally covered in blood choose among 「血まみれ」, 「血みどろ」 and 「血だらけ」; 「血塗られた」 is for a figuratively bloodstained history or past — all four are less common words.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 生臭いなまぐさいsmelling of fish
• 血まみれちまみれbloodstained
• 血みどろちみどろbloody
• 血だらけちだらけcovered in blood
• 血塗られたちぬられたblood-stained (e.g. history, past)
• 凄絶せいぜつextremely gruesome
• 血なまぐさいちなまぐさいbloody (battle, crime, etc.)
• くそったれfucking