Translation guide
Describes blood forcefully ejecting from a wound or vessel. Japanese uses specific verbs and onomatopoeia to convey the manner and intensity of the spurt.
To describe blood spurting out, often from an injury.
The most common and natural way to say 'blood spurts out'. 噴き出す means to gush or spurt out forcefully.
Blood spurted from the wound.
Similar to 噴き出す, but 吹き出す can also imply a sudden burst, like blowing out. Often used interchangeably.
Blood spurted from his nose.
Refers to the spray or splash of blood, often used for the visual effect of blood spurting.
Blood spatter sprayed onto the wall.
To emphasize a strong, pulsating spurt, like from a severed artery.
To mimic the sound or visual rhythm of spurting blood, common in manga or casual speech.
Onomatopoeia for a heavy, continuous spray or spurt, like a hose. Often used in comics.
Blood went 'spurt!'
Onomatopoeia for a pulsing, gushing flow, like blood pumping from a wound.
Blood gushed out in spurts.
噴き出す is the general term for spurting or gushing. ほとばしる implies a more violent, forceful spurt, often with a sense of scattering. Use 噴き出す for most situations; reserve ほとばしる for dramatic or literary effect.
I cut my finger and blood spurted out.
A scene of blood spurting on the battlefield.