血液|けつえきketsueki[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounblood
    血液けつえきは体内たいないを循環じゅんかんする。↗
    Blood circulates through the body.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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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Japanese definitions
  1. 動物どうぶつの体液たいえきの一ひとつであり、体内たいないを循環じゅんかんして、全身ぜんしんの細胞さいぼうに、酸素さんそや栄養分えいようぶんを供給きょうきゅうし、二酸化炭素にさんかたんそや老廃物ろうはいぶつを排出はいしゅつする媒体ばいたいとなる。血ち。ブラッド。
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