血|ちchi[0]heiban (flat)
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- nounblood
- nounblood; ancestry; lineage; stock
- noun(the) blood; feelings; passions
- Synonym血液けつえきWrittenMedical term for blood, as in 「血液検査」 and 「血液型」; more formal and objective than 「血」, the word used in medical tests and data.
- Related血潮ちしおWrittenLiterary word for spurting blood or boiling passion, as in 「血潮がたぎる」; it carries a vivid, dramatic flavor that 「血」 lacks.
Default to 「血」 in everyday use. In medical contexts, such as tests or blood types, use 「血液」; for literary descriptions of spurting or surging blood and passion, 「血潮」 is the word to reach for.
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