血|ちchi[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N4approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounblood
    ナイフは血ちに塗まみれていた。↗
    The knife was covered in blood.
  2. nounblood; ancestry; lineage; stock
    私わたしたちは血ちがつながっている。↗
    We are related by blood.
  3. noun(the) blood; feelings; passions
Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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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Japanese definitions
  1. 動物どうぶつの体内たいないを循環じゅんかんし、栄養えいようや酸素さんそ・老廃物ろうはいぶつなどを運搬うんぱんする液体えきたい。血液けつえき。
  2. 同おなじ先祖せんぞに繋つながる間柄あいだがら。
  3. 強つよくて活力かつりょくがある様子ようす。
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