血液|けつえきketsueki[2]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- nounblood
- Synonym血ちNeutralNeutral everyday word for blood, also covering ancestry and lineage; 「血液」 is the more medical, scientific term, as in 「血液検査」.
- Related血潮ちしおWrittenWritten/formal prose: blood spurting or surging, also figurative for hot blood and passion, as in 「血潮がたぎる」; 「血液」 is the objective term for the bodily fluid.
For objective or medical/scientific statements about blood use 「血液」, as in 「血液型」; in everyday speech say 「血」, which also means lineage; for figurative hot blood and passion use 「血潮」.
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